People (Cardinal) Mahony has not banned (but first put down the cup of java)

CMR ^ | March 5, 2009 | matthew archbold

[NYer]

Cardinal Roger Mahony on Tuesday banned Holocaust-denying British Bishop Richard Williamson from any Roman Catholic church, school or other facility in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

If this isn't piling on, I don't know what is. The blog has had plenty to say about Bishop Williamson but this is pretty darn ridiculous coming from Cardinal Mahony.

In The Tidings, Mahony wrote:

In the Los Angeles Archdiocese, Williamson is hereby banned from entering any Catholic church, school or other facility, until he and his group comply fully and unequivocally with the Vatican's directives regarding the Holocaust. Later this year, I, Cardinal Mahony, will visit Israel and pay my respects to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Memorial in Jerusalem.

Holocaust deniers like Williamson will find no sympathetic ear or place of refuge in the Catholic Church, of which he is not --- and may never become --- a member.

So CMR compiled this little list of folks that are still considered Catholics in good standing and very welcome in Mahony's diocese:

The Pro-Choice Governor

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

The Speaker of Perpetual Indulgence

These Batty Broads

Vice President Aquinas

That Naked Jogging Priest
(Not an actual photo)

And Moonie Marryin' Milingo

[baa39]

Sadly true, at crisis proportions.

I have a friend who met Mahony some years ago. He held the prayer book for the Cardinal to read from at a dedication ceremony, so was quite close to him and could watch his face. He said what stunned him was the “absolutely vacant and cold” look of Mahony’s eyes.

[ArrogantBustard]

I'm not sure if there's real disagreement or difference in emphasis. Some folks probably should be dedicated to preserving the history of genocides past ... lest we forget. If that's your vocation, great.

But it's not a Cardinal Archbishop's job ... particularly not when so much other evil is going on right now, in his diocese, on his watch. He needs to deal with that, and he has been scandalously negligent.

[AnAmericanMother]

I am saddened but not surprised.

I've seen that dead look in people's eyes before -

Guess we need to pray for him, poor man.