{"id":1067,"date":"2005-10-18T23:21:24","date_gmt":"2005-10-18T23:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/the-work-1.html"},"modified":"2005-10-18T23:21:24","modified_gmt":"2005-10-18T23:21:24","slug":"the-work-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/10\/the-work-1.html","title":{"rendered":"The Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Church historian John Jay Hughes reviews John Allen’s book on Opus Dei – in NCR<\/a><\/p>\n

Also in NCR, a helpful, critical summary of the LA Archdiocesan document dump:<\/a><\/p>\n

What caught my eye in that latter piece was this:<\/p>\n

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Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., president of the U.S. Catholic bishops\u2019 conference, told NCR<\/em> that he expects recent developments on the sex abuse front in Philadelphia and Los Angeles to be talked about at the bishops\u2019 fall meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, there will be some discussion of where the sexual abuse question is at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general agenda is already set, but bishops can bring up anything they like at the last minute, and I\u2019m sure there will be guys who will want to talk about this,\u201d Skylstad said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Stop. Breathe.<\/p>\n

Hey GUYS…any of you want to talk about that sexual abuse stuff? Gosh…we didn’t put on the agenda? Really? What’s on the agenda anyway?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

[Ahem…Your Excellency. "A statement presenting Catholic teaching on the death penalty, A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death; a document entitled Co-workers in the Vineyard of the Lord: Resource for Guiding Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry; an update on the Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform; a report on the progress being made by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Church in Africa; and several matters pertaining to the Church\u2019s liturgy, including discussion of the Order of Mass and debate and vote on the Lectionary for Masses with Children."]<\/em><\/p>\n

Ah, yes, yes. Lots to talk about. So. Guys. Anyone want to talk about Philadelphia or LA? Bankruptcy? No? Gee…too bad. Who’s ready for a drink?"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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