Disappointingly, it appears that Pope Benedict is “really lacking the theological virtue of charity”, according to one important journalist.
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(Holding my hand up to forestall indignant objections) Now now: There can be no arguing this fact, as Cokie Roberts herself has decreed it, and who could argue with her?
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What astounds me most about this statement is the language it uses. Charity is one of the three Theological virtues (hope and faith being the others), so Ms. Roberts is not simply spouting off a passing insult at the Pope, but rather seems to understand at least some of what the Catholic Church teaches about virtue, and especially love (charity). We have endured the idiotic and malevolent attacks against our Holy Father by others, who call him “God’s rottweiler”, “God’s enforcer”, and other ridiculous titles, but this attack strikes me as being quite different, as it accuses the Pope in specific, theological Catholic language that he lacks the primary and preeminent virtue of Christian love.
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Some people have exchanged the truth of God for a lie (Romans 1:25) and call what is good evil, and that which is evil, good.
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Letting no bad deed go unrewarded, the ostensibly Catholic Marquette University has promptly awarded Ms. Roberts an honorary doctor of laws degree and has given her the podium to give the commencement speech.
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Catholic parents of high schoolers preparing to go to college: You can send your children to Marquette for only $30,000 a year! What a deal!