And well she might apologize, but it was funny.

Sorry.

Says NC Reporter blogger.

And makes a good case for getting along with opponents in a number of doctrinal battles. But his cases each call for broad-mindedness, not just loving the person right or wrong, which broad-m. can look a lot like giving away the store.

It’s one thing to recognize the opponent as a child of God, for instance, another to say he or she may be right. If it’s tension you are willing to undergo, this friendliness with your opponent right or wrong provides more than enough.

So what else is new?

Wants it to be the cornerstone of diplomatic activity.

If I had to choose a quote from our latest print issue that could serve as a motto for the whole edition, I think I’d have to go with Pope Francis’ words to the Vatican diplomatic corps advising them to “abandon the familiar rhetoric and start from the essential consideration that we are dealing, above all, with persons.”

As to what the heck that means, well gosh . . .

Not data, principles, logic, all that governs our dealing with persons?

Stonewall Barack and Stonewall Rahm went strollin’ down the avenue, two by two/ Oh my buddy-buddy, block that, block that, Oh my buddy-buddy block that, for sure!

(To the tune of the immortal doper’s song, “Cocaine Bill and Morphine Sue.”)

The two of them can’t break the habit.

God writes straight with crooked lines.

(No offense to Mr. Lavrov, but he does represent a country with a long history of malfunction.)

Good for Fr. Graf.

But small question: How is he on the rule of law?

Probable answer: He believes in it but considers this an unjust law.

Then: How is he on open-borders? Ancillary matters in his view? Important considerations nonetheless?

Just asking.