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Thursday, November 02, 2006
Fr. Andrew Greeley on Pope Benedict XVI
Greeley deftly one-ups David Gibson in this review of Gibson's bio of Pope Benedict XVI. Greeley's take is not bad, but it fizzles out in the last paragraph or so.
I once tried to read a lot by Greeley (I was liberal). My assessment of him is that he has always said lots of great stuff; unfortunately, he also says other stuff that's not so great (e.g. some old stuff was written in favor of a "third way" for priests). It has been said of him that he doesn't have an unpublished thought: this fault dilutes his reputation. In his favor, he's also remained free of rancor and bitterness.
4 comments:
I just read this and was going to post it... You beat me to the punch! My opinion of it is the same as yours. Thanks.
we must've gotten the email at the same time...
Nice to see you, JN!
I once tried to read a lot by Greeley (I was liberal). My assessment of him is that he has always said lots of great stuff; unfortunately, he also says other stuff that's not so great (e.g. some old stuff was written in favor of a "third way" for priests). It has been said of him that he doesn't have an unpublished thought: this fault dilutes his reputation. In his favor, he's also remained free of rancor and bitterness.
JN, I think it would be great if you would post some of your things over here from time to time.
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