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An analysis of Richard McBrien’s latest whine
Over at American Catholic my friend The Motley Monk saved me some time and effort by providing a good look at the increasingly irrelevant and yet always disappointing Richard McBrien, dissenter and retired ailing prof at Notre Dame.
McBrien, who still … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Viganò, Biological Solution, Notre Dame, Richard McBrien
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Dealing with McBrien on the new, corrected translation
From the dissident Fishwrap‘s long-time dissident columnist, Fr. Richard McBrien, comes this piece about the new, corrected translation.
Pay close attention to the contempt he shows for a vast number of people and also the attitude of disobedience he promotes.
It is … Continue reading
CARA study on trends for parishes, Mass attendance
Over at the Fishwrap, their elder-dissenter Richard McBrien posted a column about shifts in Mass attendance. He works from a study about the “‘Supersizing’ the U.S. Catholic Parish Life” conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) … Continue reading
McBrien thinks the Pope is … wait for it… wrong about women’s ordination!
Richard McBrien in his column in the National catholic Fishwrap says that the Church’s infallible teaching about the impossibility of the ordination of women isn’t really infallible. How dare the Pope say that it is?
His basic idea is that since … Continue reading
Of Richard McBrien and the persecution of the Catholic Church in China
The gentlemanly Sando Magister has a must-read piece today at his site Chiesa called: Bishops Or Mandarins? The Dilemma of the Chinese Church.
Here is the introductory section of Magister’s piece, just to give you some context. Then I will give … Continue reading
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Archbp. Hon, China, NCFishwrap, Richard McBrien
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McBrien: Pope does not have full authority in the Church
The National Catholic Fishwrap is still running down Pope Benedict and defending Bp. William Morris, formerly of Toowomba, Australia, present cause célèbre of Catholic liberals.
The latest Fishwrap writer to use the ineffective and doctrinally odd Australian bishop to bash the … Continue reading
Posted in The Drill, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Bp. Morris, D. Toowoomba, Fishwrap, Richard McBrien
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Richard McBrien’s latest: pure gift
Imagine this if you can… but I saw something a little weird in Richard McBrien’s most recent blurb in the National Catholic Fishwrap.
McBrien’s piece is about Popes of the 20th Century!
As you might guess, he points out their deficiencies.
Highlights:
Leo … Continue reading
Richard McBrien’s favorite bishops! Make popcorn.
When John Paul II came to the See of Peter in 1978 the Church was in the verge of splintering. One of the late Pope’s greatest accomplishments was to drag us back from the edge of schism.
Over many years, … Continue reading
How anti-Catholic is Newsweek? They published Richard McBrien.
How anti-Catholic is Newsweek? They published a piece by Richard McBrien.
As you read this keep in mind a couple things.
First, Richard McBrien is a liberal dissident. He detests Pope Benedict. That is what his … Continue reading
McBrien urges priests to disobey and resist translation
That darling of the ever more elderly dissident set, NCR‘s Richard McBrien has a new whine about the new English translation of the Roman Missal… which is coming whether the liberals like it or not.
My emphases and comments.
The New Roman … Continue reading
