Having a Good Laugh…

Eamon Duffy, that is – at George Weigel’s expense:

“Ecstatic liberals hailed the return of the spirit of Vatican II, while agitated conservatives mounted damage limitation exercises. George Weigel, biographer and confidante of John Paul II, insisted that Evangelii Gaudium demonstrated a “seamless continuity” between the attitudes and emphases of John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis, a judgement which, if not tongue-in-cheek, appeared more than a little impercipient about the entire rhetorical impact of Evangelii Gaudium.”

http://archive.thetablet.co.uk/article/8th-march-2014/6/eamon-duffy

Meanwhile, Cardinal Kasper speaks at Fordham – including the following:

“Audience asks why feminist theologians are particularly suspect in the church today? Kasper esteems E. Schussler Fiorenza & Beth Johnson.”

Commonweal commentary: Obviously this was a response to news from Rome that the prefect of the CDF had criticized the LCWR for honoring Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, whose book Quest for the Living God was taken to task by the USCCB Committee on Doctrine for “completely undermining the Gospel” (it really doesn’t).

“Kasper: Sometimes the CDF views things a bit narrowly. Aquinas was condemned by his bishop. So Johnson is in good company.”

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/kasper-kaveny-fordham