Fr. Rolheiser has been reading.
In his new book, God's Politics, Jim Wallis predicts 50 things that will happen during this next century. Among these, he foresees the following:
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2) The secular left will give up its hostility to religion or it will die. Some liberals will get the question of values right, and some conservatives will begin to care about poor people.
If we go on our parish mission to that Guatemalan orphanage for a sixth time, I'm going to make a point of finally taking some time to examine what caring about those kids would involve. With the benefit of that experience, I hope to return to America and discuss with the conservatives I know this "caring" about which Fr. Rolheiser speaks. Perhaps I can thereby contribute to a process by which, in A.D. 2100, some conservatives will begin to care about poor people.
This column should serve as 'counterpoint' to Tricky Dick McB?
ReplyDeleteReally?
Based on this column, at least, I have the impression Fr. Rolheiser is there to make Fr. McBrien the moderate.
ReplyDeleteLooks the same to me, too.
ReplyDeleteGiven that, why doesn't the Archdiocese simply purchase the National "Catholic" Reporter wholesale and mail it, instead?
It would save a lot of money...