Tag Archives: the normalcy bias

A follow-up on the Ecclesiology of Doublethink…

Posted on July 16, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[Please confer the update of this update about the updated status of the trustworthy interview-that-wasn’t.] Hapless is the word of the hour. When the first Scalfari interview hit the press, there was a rush among Catholics to gainsay it as inaccurate and … Continue reading →

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While I’ve got a minute…

Posted on July 12, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I might as well arrange a few deck chairs while everyone keeps dancing, eh? I was recently asked to share my thoughts on a discussion of Cdl. Woelki’s recent promotion to head of the archdiocese of Cologne, particularly in light of his remarks … Continue reading →

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Protected: Pope Icarus alights…

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

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Orders are, we don’t need to take this seriously…

Posted on February 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…since it was published by the National Catholic Reporter. Call me old-fashioned, but I’m no fan of the genetic fallacy. Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church by Christa Pongratz-Lippitt | Feb. 7, 2014 … Francis spoke of his … Continue reading →

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Accept that the world is accepted…

Posted on February 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“[T]here is a temptation to seek God in the past or in a possible future. God is certainly in the past because we can see the footprints. And God is also in the future as a promise. But the ‘concrete’ … Continue reading →

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“Sorry, excuse me, thank you!”

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“He who who does not sin is not human. … Life without conflict is not life. … We need to caress conflicts.” — Pope Francis, 29 Nov. 2013 [Catholic Herald; full PDF] The following is mostly an “impressionist” post, in … Continue reading →

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