tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post3410555351671006252..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: A Titan of the Catholic LeftBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-8515184962150956492016-05-01T20:02:41.085-04:002016-05-01T20:02:41.085-04:00Berrigan wasn't mentioned by Pope Francis, but...<i>Berrigan wasn't mentioned by Pope Francis, but Pople Francis does seem to herald a high point of the Catholic Left, relatively speaking. While in America, he mentioned people like Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.</i><br /><br />Bennigan was too radical, too dangerous, to mention, while Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton were more palatable to the bourgeoise. It's like Republicans trying to co-opt MLK but not even trying to 'rehabilitate' Malcolm X... too dangerous, too controversial.<br /><br /><i>The European establishment tries to keep them at bay.</i><br /><br />And the North American establishment is even worse.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-83839760844426264302016-05-01T09:42:57.949-04:002016-05-01T09:42:57.949-04:00There are plenty of lefty sorts in South America.
...There are plenty of lefty sorts in South America.<br /><br />The European establishment tries to keep them at bay.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-10227660185983456622016-05-01T00:23:06.526-04:002016-05-01T00:23:06.526-04:00Berrigan wasn't mentioned by Pope Francis, but...Berrigan wasn't mentioned by Pope Francis, but Pople Francis does seem to herald a high point of the Catholic Left, relatively speaking. While in America, he mentioned people like Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton.<br /><br />We're a long way from when the future Pope Pius XII described fascism for a young John Kennedy as "secular Catholicism." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.com