tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post6663968445251843947..comments2024-03-28T08:42:07.659-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Augsburg Bishop Silences Loyal PriestTancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-2939773076586622082012-01-20T03:20:12.175-08:002012-01-20T03:20:12.175-08:00Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete writes for the New York...Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete writes for the New York Times and James Martin SJ regularly appears on the Colbert Report. Both of those organizations are fairly liberal and even hostile to the Church but no one seems to mind that, lease of all their superiors.<br /><br />I'm guessing that if a priest, like FatherZ, were having what is considered an undue effect on the way people vote for Republican candidates, there would be some consideration.<br /><br />FatherZ does often support Republicans and "conservative" talk-show hosts like Hugh Hewitt, for example, so the analogy isn't totally out of whack.Tancredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-73607579267869898702012-01-19T14:32:18.285-08:002012-01-19T14:32:18.285-08:00Actually, I think the bishop may be right on this ...Actually, I think the bishop may be right on this one.<br /><br />It's Wikipedia to the rescue again! See here:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junge_Freiheit<br /><br />It appears that JF is associated with the Free Democratic party (FDP), which is the more libertarian of the main German political parties. In other words, Father Oblinger is writing for a political party newspaper. That's a lot different from "Father Z," whose blog is his own.<br /><br />But it gets better.<br /><br />Under the "People" section (at the end), one of JF's contributors is said to be -- Rolf Hochhuth! Yes, that Rolf Hochhuth. Of "The Deputy" fame -- the play that defamed Pope Pius XII.<br /><br />Score one for the bishop, I'm afraid.HV Observernoreply@blogger.com