Naumann, Aquila and Chaput are not new. Their kind crazy goes back to Pius IX and St. Pius X who thought they could outlaw modernity, not even in fashion but in scripture and theology. Spending any time in most theology class rooms or reading text shows that the ship of authoritarian scholarship has sailed. While St. John Paul and Pope Emeritus Benedict tried to go back to that era, it was a losing battle. Being looney like Burke or protecting pedophiles like Law no longer results in a Vatican appointment (and safety from prosecution). Francis has again opened the widows originally opened by St. John XXIII and they will not close any time soon.

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