Posts Tagged ‘Bill Keller’

Leaving the church is a luxury the world cannot afford Comments 0

Tuesday, July 10th, 2012
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It was no surprise when, last week, Bill Keller’s New York Times column declaring that progressive and liberal Catholics should leave the church, received a seemingly endless screed of online comments, as well as Facebook shares, tweets and recurring spins on blog rolls. It was easy for those feeling demoralized by the hierarchy’s condemnation of nuns, its thinly Read more

Once a Catholic…. Comments 0

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Sr. Mary Ann Walsh over at the USCCB blog takes a good long look at Bill Keller’s remarks about Catholicism. The Catholic Church doesn’t totally give up anyone. Even if you’re excommunicated, it expects you to attend Mass each week, though not to participate in the sacraments. James Joyce in Finnegan’s Wake defined the Catholic Church Read more