Dr. John Haas reacts to Peggy Noonan's call for new blood at Vatican
Philadelphia, Pa., Apr 19, 2010 / http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/dr._john_haas_reacts_to_peggy_noonans_call_for_new_blood_at_vatican/ (CNA).- In response to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Peggy Noonan in which she criticized the Catholic Church for the “second wave” of sex scandals and charged that the “old Vatican needs new blood,” one critic is saying that Noonan should “applaud” the Church for reforms instead of criticizing it.
Noonan's April 17 Wall Street Journal opinion column claimed that the latest sex abuse scandals surrounding the Church have appeared to settle down and that the Vatican is likely thinking that the “worst is over.”
Noonan then argued that as a “Catholic,” she feels that this is not a positive development since the “more relaxed the institution, the less likely it will reform.” After likening the recently reported scandals to what happened in 2002, Noonan states that the “old Vatican needs new blood” and that in particular, the Church needs a “woman's touch.”
Thread on AQ with interesting comments...here.
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