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Andrew Sullivan, American Conservative
Balloon Juice —
Mr. Sullivan decries the falling standards of modern Catholicism:
In Onaiyekan, you have a classic Benedict/JP II Archbishop: dumb as a post, sheltered from the actual debate in the West, incapable of argument, and pathetic as a spokesman. The problem with the theoconservative take-over in the Catholic priesthood is not so much its extremism as its mediocrity. And it is mediocre because it has been trained not to thin[k], not to argue, and not to engage the modern world. It has been trained solely for obedience. ...
The Intelligence Squared debate video
Civil Commotion —
... in Britain takes-up the question: “Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?” Interesting, but longish (and in 5-parts), and unlikely to change anybody’s mind about anything. The most striking thing to come out of it is this comment by Andrew Sullivan : The problem with the theoconservative take-over in the Catholic priesthood is not so much its extremism as its mediocrity. And it is mediocre because it has been trained not to think, not to argue, and not to engage the modern world. It has been trained solely for obedience – blind, dumb, unquestioning, ...
