Well, it's been a hell of a ride, laying rubber all over the road for the past decade. But it's time to call it a day and park the Rogue in the garage. Effective today, I am shutting down my blog to focus my attention on other endeavours. My thanks to the more than 2.7 million people who regularly joined me on these sojourns through news stories over the years that dealt with the places with issues of religion and faith intersecting with public affairs. May God bless you with a continuing desire to learn about and help disseminate the issues of faith throughout the public square. Happy trails in your continuing travels! Fr. Tim Moyle, p.p. Diocese of Pembroke
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Position and rank don't always signify that much in he church. Pell is the Pope's main guy in Australia. Just like Chaput is the main guy in US. Dolan is higher but Chaput is the go to guy. Mahoney was very senior in Us for a long time and ran the very important LA chapter. Was always virtually ignored. Not a boy that JP or Benny ever warmed up to.
ReplyDeleteIn the early history of Australia the church was both powerful and patronizing to a populace largely disenfranchised, uneducated and searching to find a way and a coherent identity. I don't think the people of Australia are too enthused about the "teaching authority" of the church. They will always have a soft spot for the nuns and missionary fathers that helped them when things were hard and they were in bondage.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they mistake Pell and Pope Benny for the nuns and missionary fathers of the past. The people of Towoomba were very happy with their "Bishop Bill", who had led them for a generation. Look what the chirch did to poor Bill. Tsk Tsk.