Links for 05/31/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Trump is a patsy. If it was not clear before today, it is now. He seems to make decisions based on whether his feelings are hurt, like any fascist.
His Eminence can't catch a break, even when talking to the Trads and waxing poetic about the past. Of course, if he really is talking about the future, this is either a trial baloon or a Cardinal who is about to retire.
Only by going through Benedict is there any continuity to the Pope who was the living embodiement of resistence to change at Vatican II when he attended and Francis, who is bringing the Spirit of Vatican II back. Sadly, most of Francis' generation of priests and bishops have already retired. I suspect that half of the John Paul priests and theologians will go along to get along, like Rocco, but there is a core that won't that no amount of equivocation or supposed continuity will ever convince. Even if someone came back from the grave speaking the truth, they would not listen to anything beyond their perceptions.
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