Like many moderates, Barron seems to have been taken to task for his appreciation of various figures beyond the pale of orthodox Catholicism. I once gave a talk that included undisputed sociological data from Father Andrew Greeley and was castigated for this indiscretion by some of orthodoxy’s defenders in the audience. But this attitude is the opposite of Catholic. It is sectarian. Father Barron is right to have nothing to do with it.
Brett Salkeld is a doctoral student in theology at Regis College in Toronto. He is a father of two (so far) and husband of one.
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