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"I call it "cut and paste journalism." Its very convenient, very easy, very useful. And very dishonest."
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Leon BertolettiBelieve it or not, after the Second Vatican Council anticlericalism is — Leon Bertoletti
"Believe it or not, after the Second Vatican Council anticlericalism is a Catholic virtue. In elaborating a theology of laity, as many call it, and speaking of a hierarchy of service rather than of domination in the Church, Vatican II implicitly endorsed opposition to clericalism, which is a policy of maintaining or increasing the power of a religious hierarchy. Clearly, this sort of anticlericalism has nothing to do with the other anticlericalism."
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"The United Nations General Assembly: The greatest show on Earth, starring Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Muammar Gaddafi."
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"The Anglican Church seems the Wonder Emporium of Mr Magorium."
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"Speaking frankly, I find it difficult to accept lessons on press freedom from The Times, a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch."
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"Suffering from an evident complex of moral inferiority, a lot of journalists are interested in teaching the Pope how to do the Pope. Suffering from an evident complex of moral superiority, a lot of priests are interested in teaching journalists how to do journalism. But the worst of all are the journalist-priests."
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"Theology is just like sex, the art of penetrating the mystery."
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