After over 32 separate entries and even more links in a single day over fourteen hours, Glenn Reynolds announces at 9.20 pm: “Sorry for the light blogging.” I think that’s a cry for help.
UPDATE: Between writing and posting this item, Glenn has added four more posts. Intervention, anyone?
BLAMING THE LAITY: Well, they tried blaming the homos. Now Cardinal Dulles goes after even alcoholics and gossips:
The immoral behavior of Catholics, both lay and clergy, is a cause of scandal and defections. Under this heading I would include not only sexual abuse of minors, which has been so extensively publicized in recent years, but sex outside of marriage, abortion, divorce, alcoholism, the use and marketing of drugs, domestic violence, defamation, and financial scandals such as falsification of records and embezzlement. The morality of Catholics all too often sinks below the standards commonly observed by Protestants and unbelievers.
Anything to distract from the real scandal, I guess. Dulles’ proposals for reform of the Church amount entirely to greater obedience to Rome, subservience to ecclesiastical authority, maintenance of the existing structures, and penance from the laity. I.e. more power for him. Funny how that happens, doesn’t it?
The Dish 