'Hesburgh' documentary portrays a giant in US church and culture
The universities before Land O Lakes reflected the intellectual rot in a Catholic Curia committed to Scholasticism, which is its own brand of relativistic thinking. Dr. Hesburgh was likely the prototype of the modern priest. He is certainly not the last. Vatican II likely would have not happened as it did had it not been for a priests and bishops such as these, Papa Francisco would not be about to finish the job. Ottiavani's last assault on progress was Humanae Vitae. The last echo was St. John Paul. The Millennial generation will soon dominate the priesthood, as the bishops who were in high school after the Council reintroduce its spirit. Any resitence will be useless. It would only result in an anti-pope, unless it quietly dies off. This is not just the story of one, it is the story of us all.
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