tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post3512289285862139998..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: colkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-28520423646469793412009-10-10T10:09:26.153-06:002009-10-10T10:09:26.153-06:00Rat-biter, in a post a couple days earlier I have ...Rat-biter, in a post a couple days earlier I have a photo of the very same Cardinal where one of the altar boys is prayerfully holding the very same hat you refer too.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-26258080778198703882009-10-09T17:14:34.584-06:002009-10-09T17:14:34.584-06:00## It seems a lapse of taste not to include those ...## It seems a lapse of taste not to include those hats cardinals used to wear.<br /><br />I don't think that shade of red goes well with white; it's watery and garish at the same time. And that train must be an awful job to launder and iron. <br /><br />MichaelRat-biternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-44444327625305817202009-10-08T21:58:47.245-06:002009-10-08T21:58:47.245-06:00## "Maciel impressed his priests and seminari...## "Maciel impressed his priests and seminarians with lavish gifts to favored Vatican officials." <br /><br />Vatican baksheesh ? In the words of the hymn:<br /><br />"Take my silver and my gold,<br />Not a mite will I withold..." <br /><br />MichaelRat-biternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-5735547056144321462009-10-01T19:50:44.040-06:002009-10-01T19:50:44.040-06:00Rode's photo reminds me of a similar photo of ...Rode's photo reminds me of a similar photo of Francis Cardinal Spellman (don't get me started about him!) in equally impressive cardinal's robes. The photo was taken when Spellman was at the peak of his power and influence.khughes1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16118365554189078448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-37948789830195756232009-09-30T14:05:52.238-06:002009-09-30T14:05:52.238-06:00There can be no gay priests,sez the Grand Poobahs ...There can be no gay priests,sez the Grand Poobahs at The Vatican. However a few highly-placed dried up husks of drag queen wannabees are perfectly OK.<br /><br />Jim McCreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-55124151313405432792009-09-30T07:09:39.140-06:002009-09-30T07:09:39.140-06:00Wow. Great pictures, Colleen. After Vatican II, ...Wow. Great pictures, Colleen. After Vatican II, who'd have thought that long, long trains of scarlet silk would become the signature of male Catholic hierarchical authority in the world?<br /><br />So it seems now to be, after years of concerted assault on Vatican II right from the center of the church. The emptier the authority figure, the longer and redder his train is likely to be. And the higher his hat.William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-24105099679916976902009-09-29T19:29:28.364-06:002009-09-29T19:29:28.364-06:00I fear it will be the money the visitors will list...I fear it will be the money the visitors will listen to, thereby continuing the slow rot from within.khughes1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16118365554189078448noreply@blogger.com