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Thursday, April 14, 2005
Progressives, Moderates, Neocons: Notes Before the Conclave
On one side, Ratzinger, Ruini, Bergoglio, Scola with their proposal for a new “Papal Revolution.” On the other side, the list of their opponents, with Tettamanzi as the man for all seasons...
"Neoconservative" seems to me to be a decidedly *wrong* -- not just poor, but *wrong* -- word to describe Ratzinger, Scola, Ouellet et al., considering that in the US their fellow "Communioites" (e.g. David Schindler) have engaged the "real" neoconservatives (e.g. Novak, Neuhaus, Weigel) in vigorous debate over the nature of "public Catholicism".
Refer to my April 5th post entitled Slave Wages Condemned by Pope John Paul II. I address this point specifically. In short, I agree with you.
I also refer you to the Communio articles that I listed in another post related to this topic. I have to say that the Ratzinger Fan Club sub-page that follows this debate is not balanced - it favors Novak & Party. But in fairness, a lot of stuff that Schindler & party have written is not on the net.
This topic is very near and dear to my heart. I consider myself in the "Cultural Radical" camp, but value & listen to a lot of what the "Theocons" say as well. In future posts, I will really dive into this debate. It's good stuff, i.e. nature & grace, etc.
David, I should have made clear that my criticism was directed at Magister, not you... I was able to tell from the get-go that you were in the better camp ;-)
Yes, Chris, I understand. I went back to my grad notes with Dr. Lowery and I realized that I made a mistake. I shall correct it in my original post that I referred to above and then I will make a new post on this topic as well.
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"Neoconservative" seems to me to be a decidedly *wrong* -- not just poor, but *wrong* -- word to describe Ratzinger, Scola, Ouellet et al., considering that in the US their fellow "Communioites" (e.g. David Schindler) have engaged the "real" neoconservatives (e.g. Novak, Neuhaus, Weigel) in vigorous debate over the nature of "public Catholicism".
Chris,
Refer to my April 5th post entitled Slave Wages Condemned by Pope John Paul II. I address this point specifically. In short, I agree with you.
I also refer you to the Communio articles that I listed in another post related to this topic. I have to say that the Ratzinger Fan Club sub-page that follows this debate is not balanced - it favors Novak & Party. But in fairness, a lot of stuff that Schindler & party have written is not on the net.
This topic is very near and dear to my heart. I consider myself in the "Cultural Radical" camp, but value & listen to a lot of what the "Theocons" say as well. In future posts, I will really dive into this debate. It's good stuff, i.e. nature & grace, etc.
David, I should have made clear that my criticism was directed at Magister, not you... I was able to tell from the get-go that you were in the better camp ;-)
I'll email about about another phone attempt...
Yes, Chris, I understand. I went back to my grad notes with Dr. Lowery and I realized that I made a mistake. I shall correct it in my original post that I referred to above and then I will make a new post on this topic as well.
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