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Hummunna...hummunna! Gotta love that George! As a life time Baltimore Orioles fan, he knows how to throw the hard, up and inside fastball. He also knows how to hit one out of the park as he does with this critique of a recent manifesto issued by German theologians, demanding the church change many (most) of its moral teachings.


Read it and witness to the regard the way he marshals his argument. It's like watching Earl Weaver (RIP) manage a game. Note as well the beauty of the thumping he lays upon these dissident theologians. Just It's fastball, Roman Catholic - American style. What Jim Palmer was to the Orioles, George Weigel is for the Catholic proposition.


Batter up!

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