William Lindsey

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• Pope Francis as Reformer and Catholics on the Ground: Distinguishing False Hope...

  

  In any theology that makes much sense to me, hope begins with the ground. It begins with the earth. It builds from where we are and who we are--"earth lifted... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Listening, Watching, Praying: A Selection of Responses to the New Pope

  

  I'm listening. I'm watching. I'm praying, in my own limping and half-hearted fashion.And I'm trying to hold onto hope, a virtue that is never easy for me. Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY

• Tim Padgett for Time: Hope Muted by Reality in Case of Pope Francis

  

  In an essay at Time, journalist Tim Padgett expresses both hope that Pope Francis will be a significant reformer of Padgett's Catholic church, and doubts about... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013

• Leonardo Boff on New Pope: "Francis Isn't a Name, It's a Plan for a Church"

  

  At his website now, Leonardo Boff has an important theological statement about Pope Francis and his call to rebuild the church, which Rebel Girl has helpfully... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013

• Weekend News: Discussion of Pope Francis and Dirty War a Top Story Worldwide

  

  As the weekend arrives, the story that won't go away remains front and center in news everywhere: what happened in the Argentinian dirty war, and how does that... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013

• Quote for the Day: A Tempus Loquendi

  

  Carlos Gamerro writing in the Wall Street Journal in a statement entitled "Pope Francis, the Disappeared, and the Questions That Won't Vanish":In August 1976,... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• About the Dirty War: Totally Unsolicited Advice to Pope Francis from a Totally...

  

  An in-between-chores posting, after someone just contacted me to say that the discussion of Francis's story vis-a-vis the dirty war in Argentina (about which I... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• A Note of Profound Thanks for Valuable Comments Here

  

  A quick note as I move to the chores part of my morning and away from my computer for a while: I feel it's important to tell readers how much I'm benefiting fro... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• A Church That Listens with the Ears of Its Heart: Whose Gay Sons and Daughters?

  

  Yesterday, I fantasized about the possibility that a new pope might choose to listen with the ears of his heart to the experience of his brother and sister... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• Pope Francis: More Testimony to Be Considered

  

  And yet more commentary--this by way of corroboration of the primary testimony of the three key pieces of testimony to which I just pointed readers, which have... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• Commentary on New Pope: Three Voices That Stand Out for Me

  

  Amidst the torrent of commentary that has appeared in the last two days about the new pope, several pieces have stuck out for me. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013

• Theologians Responding to Pope Francis: Defending the Excluded Demands...

  

  From the Facebook feed of my friend and theologian-colleague Michael Iafrate: Still learning about "the new guy," but my initial impression is hopeful but... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013

• America Editorial Calls on New Pope to Listen

  

  I said in my previous posting that I'd refrain from posting a lot of links to the substantial commentary about Pope Francis now appearing everywhere online. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013

• The Symbolic Imperative of the Papacy Under Pope Francis: Kenotic Atonement

  

  As often happens, I’m feeling considerably out of step with much that’s being said following the election of Cardinal Bergoglio as pope yesterday. As a result, ... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013

• John Allen on Background of Pope Francis

  

  John Allen's write-up on Cardinal Bergoglio at NCR: according to Allen,Bergoglio has supported the social justice ethos of Latin American Catholicism,... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013

• Breaking News: Habeunt Papam, Apparently (with Updates)

  

  News media are reporting white smoke from the papal conclave, but to my knowledge, no announcement yet of who has been elected. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013

• Ryan Budget: "I Love Rich People"

  

  Sometimes the title says it all: "What Ryan's Budget Really Says: 'I Love Rich People.'" That's Dean Baker at Common Dreams.But where Paul Ryan serves the... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013

• Papal Conclave and Transition in Papacy: A Collection of Statements and Resources

  

  I think I heard somewhere that something is going on in Rome lately. Anybody else hear those rumors? I should probably look into them. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013

• The Times, They Are A-Changin': Reconstructionist Judaism Selects First Openly...

  As Timothy Kincaid reports at Box Turtle Bulletin this morning, this is a really, really big deal: the national Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association has jus... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013

• In News: Maciel Legacy and Papacy, Vatican and Violence Against Women, Regnerus...

  

  In news not unrelated to the papal conclave and the future direction of the Catholic church:In a hard-hitting article at the Daily Beast site, Jason Berry... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2013