The Franciscans Come To The Nuns' Rescue

[Mc Mike]

15. Byzantine (Byzantian?) politically, though.

There's the good Lib Theologians who are 'duck and cover'-ing, due to Ratzinger's Latin American slap-down. Then there's the ultra-right wingers that produced an Opus Dei adherent like Clarence Thomas. I personally felt burned by the aftermath of Daniel Sheehan's Iran-Contra 'activism'.

I'd be interested to hear Umberto Eco's thoughts on the transfer of power from General Kolvenbach to Gen. Nicolas. As a piker, I could observe that Avery Dulles, SJ (J.F. Dulles' son) was made a Cardinal by JPII, while Father Tom Reese and Kolvenbach were forced out by JPII and Ratzinger.

You already have a 'second' on your motion that SJ speaks up. I vote in favor, too. +1 to your motion, and the o.p.