{"id":2787,"date":"2013-02-24T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-24T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:49:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:49:47","slug":"catholics-of-certain-perspective-brace-for-new-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2787","title":{"rendered":"Catholics of a certain perspective brace for new Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been enjoying Bill Donohue&#8217;s little news release commentaries on the pending Papal conclave, up on the Catholic League website. Here&#8217;s one <a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/2013\/02\/a-fascinating-montage-of-opinions-on-the-pope.html\" target=\"_self\">A fascinating montage of opinions on the Pope<\/a> and another <a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/folly\/2013\/02\/an-amusing-piece-on-how-unsolicited-advice-for-the-catholic-church-has-surged.html\" target=\"_self\">an amusing piece on how &#8220;Unsolicited Advice&#8221; for the Catholic Church has &#8220;surged&#8221;<\/a> both of which I posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then there&#8217;s this new one &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicleague.org\/catholic-left-braces-for-new-pope\/\" target=\"_self\">CATHOLIC LEFT BRACES FOR NEW POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Donohue issued the following remarks today:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicleague.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/bad-news-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bad-news-1-150x150.jpg\" title=\"bad-news-1\" width=\"150\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how the Catholic Left reacted right before a new pope was elected on April 19, 2005:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>E.J. Dionne blasted Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger for using \u201cfighting words\u201d in an address before the cardinals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Father Richard McBrien said, \u201cI think this homily shows he realizes he\u2019s not going to be elected. He is a polarizing figure.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peggy Steinfels agreed, saying, \u201cOh well, that gets rid of him.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A few hours later, he was elected Pope Benedict XVI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how the Catholic Left greeted the news:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The president of Dignity, Michael Rocks, said of the new pope, \u201cI<br><br>didn\u2019t think he had a chance because he already was so negative.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sr. Donna Quinn, head of the pro-abortion group, National Coalition<br><br>of American Nuns, slammed him for lacking \u201csensitivity\u201d to women.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scott Appleby of Notre Dame opined, \u201cThis is the worst nightmare come true.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ex-priest Paul Lakeland lamented that \u201cthis choice is nothing but backwards looking.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Greeley\u2019s warning was ominous: \u201cThere might be a reign of terror for those who still support the Vatican Council.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A spokesman for Call to Action exclaimed, \u201cPeople here are in a state of shock.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Catholic Left will again be in a state of shock once the new pope<br>\nis named. Having lost on virtually every issue that excites them\u2014and<br>\nnothing excites them more than sex\u2014they are now bracing for more bad<br>\nnews. What they want has already been tried: they want the Catholic<br>\nChurch to adopt the teachings of the mainline Protestant denominations.<br>\nSomeone needs to tell them (gently, of course) that it didn\u2019t<br>\nwork\u2014they\u2019re all in free fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been enjoying Bill Donohue&#8217;s little news release commentaries on the pending Papal conclave, up on the Catholic League website. Here&#8217;s one A fascinating montage of opinions on the Pope and another an amusing piece on how &#8220;Unsolicited Advice&#8221; for the Catholic Church has &#8220;surged&#8221; both of which I posted. And then there&#8217;s this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11953,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2787\/revisions\/11953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}