What price Infamy?
A certain aCatholic website has reproduced the letter which Cardinal "Foney" Mahoney wrote to Robinson denying him permission to speak publicly in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Cloistered are astounded. After all, "Foney" has his Cathedral, his annual Religious Education congress and an atrocious record on handling clerical sexual abuse.
For the Cardinal to step back from Robinson as he did shows just how dangerously Robinson is regarded and how infamous Robinson has become at home and abroad.
However, we just note that the Cardinal's first reason for denying Robinson permission is not the doctrinal or canonical issues, but the irritation caused by Robinson's original correspondence, which merely notified the Cardinal of his intended plans rather than asking permission.
When you're taken to task on a technicality, that's is the price of infamy.
7 Pilgrim Posts:
Not only Los Angeles, Hound. Robinson was in London a few weeks ago and was notified by the Archbeard of Canterbury, Dr Williams, that he was not to preach or distribute communion in any church in Britain either.
Would I be jumping the gun in saying that they are waking-up to +Robinson at last. I realised it thirty years ago.
Good to see the Anglicans find him too controversial.
When the pope de-mitre him. +Robinson and +Milingo would make a good couple.
I am astounded! But my cynical side says that this is merely the solidarity of Episcopal Conferences. It is nice to see nevertheless.
And what on earth is he wearing?
Well spotted, Kiran. Yes, it's another of those awful microphones.
Reading Cardinal Mahoney's letter suggests that His Eminence of Los Angeles (a) simply got annoyed that his permission wasn't being sought. (b) didn't want to cause trouble with the Holy See and the Congregation for Bishops. Nonetheless, it is a nice change to see Bishops scared even of the right thing, i.e. Rome and God.
Thank you, hound of heaven. Actually, I was more concerned about his horrible liturgical vesture than the mole (or beauty spot, if you hold the view as I do that anything added to, or subtracted from, Bishop Robinson's mug constitutes an improvement thereof) on the side of his face.
It gets worse. There are actually two Robinson's at work here.
The one who was banned by the Archbishop of Canterbury was Gene Robinson, the gay Episcopalian bishop.
The one banned by Mohoney is a retired Australian Catholic bishop who has written a... yawn... critique of power and sex in the church. How original. He is on a speaking tour to sell his book.
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