"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

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

i'm glad to know about him. i'll do some digging to see if i can find extracts of his book.

[yechezkiel.livejournal.com]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again- a lot of other concerns pale before church unity. I think this is the pressing concern of the 21st century, the reunification of the orthodox.

I have no idea what this man wrote about homosexuality. It could be completely mundande (like you said, wishing to understand gays as human beings). I think that, unless he is truly promoting an heterodox re-casting of Christian morals (not knowing the bias of the site you link, I will claim ignorance), the questioon I would most want to ask Cardinal Tettamanzi is will you work so that they may all be one?

[novak.livejournal.com]

That was one trippy article! Sounds like the fellow would think about going schismatic.

[richardlog.livejournal.com]

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/archive.php?id=20050404

Brief Reflections...

[joffridus.livejournal.com]

This article, it seems to me, shows a real lack of trust in the Holy Spirit to do His work in the Church.

I mean, I see how this article could be written by, perhaps, a Protestant who didn't believe the Holy Spirit was at work in the College of Cardinals, but, according to Roman Catholic theology, is it not the case that the Holy Spirit is guiding her?

I mean, claims like, "the Church as we know it will be over" seem to be a little over the top.

[seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com]

that is an example of probably a hysterical
article, at least everything I hear about
Tettamanzi, Fr Plekon knows him for one thing,
indicates he is nothing special one way or other
but could be of course with the Grace of God
a worthy Pope. This source if it is the same one
I read is pushing Batista-Re but it is a kind
of ...well to say hysteria it is no worse than
our own election was for sure with the most
extravagent words used etc.