Fr. Zs Blog 30 Aug:Time in Rome is a sacrifice, not a career move. In yet another proof that liberals have a nasty streak a mile wide but no sense of humor, Michael Sean Winters at the Fishwrap posted a snarky attack on both me and on Cardinal Burke. Let me spell this out for MSW and his crowd. I did not speculate that Card. Burke would be moved to Chicago. What I posted, below, was an exercise in IRONY (if you are a regular Fishwrap reader or from Columbia Heights click HERE for a definition of this hard word). John Thavis, in his piece, opined that it is a great thing that Cañizares Llovera has been returned to his native Spain, that this may be some sort of genius masterstroke of Pope Francis to help curtail corruption, or something, in the Roman Curia. Then – try to follow the move here – I brought up a parallel case, and with another figure that the catholic Left despises: Card. Burke. If it was pastoral and good for the Roman Curia that Card. Cañizares be moved to a major see in his native place, then what American Cardinal in the Curia could be moved to a major see in his native place? About which American diocese are lots of people talking right now? Chicago. See? Thus: be careful what you wish for, liberals. They never think things through, do they? No one thinks that Pope Francis will send Card. Burke to Chicago. Such a move would be fine by me. I’d love to see the wailing and gnashing of teeth were he, the great defender of can. 915, sent to Washington DC, but that’s not going to happen either. Also, take a look at MSW’s deeply nasty ad hominem swipe at Card. Burke. And they yap about charity on the internet. Sometimes people say that my combox has mean-spirited comments. It is to laugh. No place on the Catholic internet is more vicious than the comboxes at the National Schismatic Reporter. ~~~~~~~~ @MichaelSWinters quotes a bishop saying that if Cardinal Burke is named Chicago archbishop I am becoming a Muslim: wdtprs/blog/2014/08/time-in-rome-is-a-sacrifice-not-a-career-move/
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:38:47 +0000