This teaching — to always consider the person — was disorienting from the beginning. The outsiders get invited to the party. The prodigal is given the place of honor. The pious complain about their shocking treatment. The gatekeepers find the gate shut to them. It is subversive to all respectable religious order, which is precisely the point. With Francis, the argument gains a new hearing. link
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Friday, September 27, 2013
" it is subversive to all respectable religious order, which is precisely the point"
Michael Gerson on "Pope Francis the troublemaker":
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