{"id":2731,"date":"2013-05-31T13:49:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:33:35","slug":"andrew-greeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Greeley"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Catholic priest author. Dead at 85. He'd been ill for awhile – had a fall getting out of a taxi and never fully recovered.<\/p>\n

A
\nself-described "loud-mouthed Irish priest" ("And may they carve it on
\nmy gravestone!" he once quipped), the Rev. Andrew M. Greeley rejected a
\nconventional definition of his vocation.<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, he was a pompous blowhard. And he was very fervent – when it came to the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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