tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post7723832211071669473..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: John Allen On Pope Benedict's Lonely Liberation Theology.colkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-18884043543731779782012-02-06T15:45:49.223-07:002012-02-06T15:45:49.223-07:00Thanks for a marvelous posting! I definitely enjoy...Thanks for a marvelous posting! I definitely enjoyed reading it, you could be a great author.I will make certain to bookmark your blog and will eventually come back in the foreseeable future. I want to encourage one to continue your great writing, have a nice afternoon!<br />My spouse and I absolutely love your blog and find many of your post's to be exactly I'm looking for. Does one offer guest writers to write content available for you? I wouldn't mind producing a post or elaborating on most of the subjects you write concerning here. Again, awesome weblog!<br />My spouse and I stumbled over here different website and thought I might check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to exploring your web page repeatedly.<br /><i>my webpage</i> - <b><a href="http://www.burnfatloseweightfast.com" rel="nofollow">way to lose weight</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-87904362245816810072011-11-22T08:21:41.018-07:002011-11-22T08:21:41.018-07:00One of the first books I read on politics was a sc...One of the first books I read on politics was a sci-fi novel by Robert Heinlein titled 'Revolt in 2100'. I was about 13 the first time I read it so it made perhaps a larger impact on me than it should have. Every once in a while I go back and re-read it - just because it is a fun way to learn some political concepts. I don't very often read John Allen's columns. Every time I do, it takes me back to that book. There was a passage in the book about the proper application of propaganda to particular audiences. Clearly what he writes is propaganda and it aimed at a particular audience. But outside that particular audience, it does far more harm to the Vatican cause than help inside it I suspect.<br />VeronicaT'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-58741051585093550762011-11-20T21:54:29.460-07:002011-11-20T21:54:29.460-07:00I would be very interested in hearing from your cl...I would be very interested in hearing from your close personal friend. Africa according to John Allen is some sort of Vatican Catholic utopia. I read things from African bishops and I don't get that same understanding.<br /><br />Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria, is not your average Western AB, no matter how John Allen wishes to portray him. AB Onaiyekan is his own man with his own approach. I will be writing about him tomorrow.<br /><br />PS, I don't know what is going on with your problems with Blogger. I haven't gotten any updates or warnings that things have changed or gotten hacked. I do know that their spam filter is not very generous and things can get sent to spam if they contain a hot link.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-85510404707250377972011-11-20T17:36:54.132-07:002011-11-20T17:36:54.132-07:00Liberation? Really?
Benin was the center of the w...Liberation? Really?<br /><br />Benin was the center of the west African slave trade presided over by the Portuguese with the blessing of Popes for over 200 years. Think that might have something to do with the rejection of religious faith?<br /><br />Archbishop de Sousa isn't the only President of Benin with his surname. He is very likely the descendent of Francisco Felix "Cha Cha" de Sousa one of the last Brazilian slavers. The Cha cha was so notorious that Bruce Chatwin memorialized him in his 1980 fiction "The Viceroy of Ouidah". <br /><br />This "liberation theology" comes a bit too late. <br /><br />I hope I can contact a close personal friend of our family, a priest from Benin, to get his impressions. Based upon our previous discussions I doubt very much that his perception will be the same as John Allen's. <br /><br />p2pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com