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By: Jack Feehily
Have you known a lot of Sisters and Nuns? Your comments seem awfully judgmental. Hope you’re braced to be judged likewise. Report Comment
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By: Jack Rakosky
Cardinal Dolan, an historian, understands Nuns and Catholic Pride http://blog.archny.org/index.php/love-and-gratitude-for-the-sisters/\ You may also know that a sad fact of that history is that the...
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By: Fran Rossi Szpylczyn
The priests of my diocese expressed their gratitude and support in July, and beautifully so. I was reluctant to post this link because I did not want to wander too far off topic. Jack, thank you for...
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By: Rita Ferrone
@Jack Rakosky – comment #5: Jack, this is a snow job. Surely you must see this. If by “understanding” you mean “able and willing to manipulate the feelings of people” then I would agree with you....
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By: Fran Rossi Szpylczyn
@Rita Ferrone – comment #7: Thank you for the articulation of this thought Rita. I have been struggling with it, and that is why I thought of the letter by the priests of my diocese. Having said that,...
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By: Jack Rakosky
@Rita Ferrone – comment #7: Yes. Dolan knows very well how important Catholic pride is, and how to use it as in the case of Catholic institutions and “religious freedom.” I am amazed how snowed many...
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By: Rita Ferrone
@Jack Rakosky – comment #9: “Levada would not have acted without consulting with Dolan. Levada, since he is going to live in the US, was likely far more motivated by his future relationship with Dolan...
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By: Rita Ferrone
@Fran Rossi Szpylczyn – comment #8: Fran, the letter you posted via the NCR link seems genuinely supportive of the sisters. I did not know about this letter from the Albany priests. Thank you for...
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By: Fran Rossi Szpylczyn
@Rita Ferrone – comment #11: Although I have only lived here for 5 years, I have been blessed to find a rich home in the diocese. Almost all of my own work as a writer has coalesced around church, I am...
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By: Jack Rakosky
Tom Fox has some things to say that are relevant both to nun pride, and the role of the laity. He notes that the bishops are beginning to exhibit an interesting pattern of praising the deeds of women...
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