. . . at a press conference on June 18, when the encyclical was announced.
This is a watershed moment for the church, for humanity and for the planet, which Pope Francis calls our common home. It’s time for the church to be bold — to speak about major issues — and to achieve a new level of relevance in people’s lives.
Missed this at the time, but wow. Second only to the coming Day of the Lord.
That “new level of relevance” too. Higher and higher with our relevance factor.
— Note: It’s how public people talk that gets me, as in my coming book, Illinois Blues: How Oak Park-based state office-holders talk to people. —
Blithe Spirit 
Jim,
Just thought you might be interested to know if you didn’t already that the Archbishop has hired the p.r. firm Edelman to manage his public image and align him as closely as possible with Pope Francis. I cannot say who told me this but I know it to be true and these statements on global warming more than back this up.
This archdiocese is not looking so good under this new shepherd…
Respectfully,
Tom Toussaint
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2015 14:53:15 +0000 To: tomtoussaint@hotmail.com
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