"ANOTHER REVOLUTION"

[arisbe]

"One of the men being heavily promoted to become our next pope is the notorious Dionigi Tettamanzi, the Cardinal-archbishop of Milan. This has caused great apprehension among orthodox Catholics concerned about the future of the Church. Tettamanzi is frequently described in the media as a 'conservative,' but in reality, from what I have been told, there is nothing conservative about him. He is -- I quote trusted sources -- a 'wolf-in-sheep's clothing,' a dangerous innovator, who, if given a chance, might make John XXIII and Paul VI look like Hard-Right Traditionalists -- I kid you not -- Tettamanzi's detractors believe he would usher in ANOTHER REVOLUTION were he to become pope."

Of course some of my readers don't think that would be so bad...

Comments

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

A Pope who wants to understand gays as human beings... what a concept!

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

yeah, pretty shocking. i've found the milanese archdiocesan site, with listings of his writings, but so far no solid links to the anthology. (i think i like him.)

[siderea]

Well... maybe. All we know -- until someone comes up with an English translation -- is that someone opposing this guy ascending to the papacy accused him of having a gay-positive book. For all we know, his "understanding" was "understanding them not as sinners but as sick people who can be treated with sufficient electroshock and/or hormones" (why, yes, other institutions -- psychiatry, for instance -- have been down this particular path of "humanism" before.) :/

[arisbe.livejournal.com]

For people who believe in celebacy (whether or not they practice it) heterosexual relations are not the be all and end all of life, so there is no great need for a cure.