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...opposed to anything that comes close to fanaticism--and yet, in the end, the question is one for Catholics, not for me. Should he not take social issues into consideration when seeking to ban birth control, as many argue? Is he too anxious to sanctify Pius XII? These too are matters not for a Jew such as myself but for Catholics who remember the past. If they want to follow the example of Pius, whose silences worried a generation of believers, that is their choice...
...epic role in helping bring down Polish communism at the same time as ensuring a soft landing. But inside the Church his own rule will be remembered as nothing if not authoritarian. John Paul II reasserted, and even amplified the doctrine of "Papal infallibility," and beatified its author, Pope Pius IX. If Vatican II had opened up a conversation between the Bishops and the Vatican, John Paul II closed down the tradition of "collegiality" among the Bishops - which naturally presupposed and even encouraged a diversity of views - and made clear that he was less interested in hearing from them than...
...deliver a heartfelt apology for the history of Catholic mistreatment of Jews. Although they were not satisfied by what they saw as his failure to acknowledge the corporate responsibility of the Church - as distinct from individual members - for such maltreatment, and also his failure to criticize the wartime pontiff Pius XII for his silence in the face of the Holocaust, Jewish leaders today freely acknowledge John Paul II as a great and true friend to the Jewish people and the first pontiff to truly live the conciliatory language on Jews of Vatican...
Following his stint at St. Paul’s, Collins was pastor at St. Pius V Church in Lynn, Mass. until his retirement...
...Catholic,” he tells us, “my host said there will be a party tonight where girls dress up like Catholic schoolgirls and party like you’ve never seen.” It is now officially time to leave. We bid goodbye to Pius ’07, along with our peppy prefrosh personas. Math-loving Leslie O’Shea has been good to me, but I’ll have to put her on the shelf—at least until next year...