Bob McClory, a writer, and Rev. Patrick Brennan, a pastor, each has his point of view. Bob
wants the pope to say he doesn’t know what’s wrong with the church and so to call a bunch of meetings to find out.
What might he have in mind, and can I go to one of these meetings?
Father Brennan wants four more years in Inverness, but the rules work against that. Is there a happy solution here? Rev. Michael Pfleger remains at St. Sabina, as we know, having served not two and a half but four terms and counting. No fair.
On the other hand, there are good reasons, as opposed to merely expedient ones, to let Pfleger stay – while peppering him with a thousand ecclesiastical cuts. Same with Brennan and others who have carved themselves a place in the hearts of their parishioners.
The quotes are from my Chi Daily Observer piece, “Current Religious Movements vs the 1970’s: McClory and Brennan,” which you are invited to read.
Blithe Spirit 