[Arthur McGowan]

McBrien, a priest who lived with a concubine just off-campus, with the full knowledge of the entire Notre Dame campus and the bishop of South Bend, who engineered the infamous pro-abortion speech of Mario Cuomo in 1984, who undoubtedly has the blood of thousands, if not millions, of dead babies on his hands, has assumed room temperature. How many bishops will be jostling to be around the altar at his funeral?

[Steelfish]

I agree with George Weigel
But Bishop of South Bend? Concubine? sources?

[GeronL]

Was he excommunicated? or was he still in good standing with the Church?

[heyheyhey]

NCR just removed their comments’ section “out of respect for the dead.”

There were some praises there of how wonderfully “progressive” he was.

We can “progress” in holiness, but we can also “progress” in offending God by disobeying His Commandments. It matters for all eternity in which direction are we “progressive.”

We can be “conservative” in being faithful to God, or “conservative” by being stuck in the hippie morality, not willing to turn away from sin to the Lord of Mercy.

The terms “progressive” and “conservative” can be deceptive when freely thrown around.

I consider myself progressive, and view individuals like McBrien ultra-conservative: stuck-frozen in the 1960’s.

[FourtySeven]

I think as Catholics we should all pray for his soul.

[Mears]

” with the full knowledge of the entire Notre Dame campus and the bishop of South Bend, “

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D’Arcy ?

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