tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post5961984211395701265..comments2024-03-23T12:05:23.537-05:00Comments on The Wild Reed: Benedict and GeorgMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-7665425108547456472010-08-22T12:59:49.216-05:002010-08-22T12:59:49.216-05:00James Alison says that Benedict actually worked to...James Alison says that Benedict actually worked to tone down the CDF's notorious document of 1986 (Homosexualitatis Problema).Joehttp://josephsoleary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-78612309118195763182010-08-20T21:50:02.591-05:002010-08-20T21:50:02.591-05:00I think it is interesting, you aren't the firs...I think it is interesting, you aren't the first to have alluded to this possibility of His Holiness being a victim in the most intimate fashion of his own ideology. Yet, even though he continues to exercise his confidence in the veracity of these teachings it is somewhat touching to see the companionship and the way that Msgr. Ganswein looks after the pope. And yes, of course, he is an uber hottie!!! :P<br /><br />But I do think the notion that Joseph Ratzinger's famous hostility towards all issues LGBT being perhaps a facade used to hide his own sexuality may be one that is not that far from the truth...Phillip Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-46339611840182834012010-08-19T20:53:47.167-05:002010-08-19T20:53:47.167-05:00Oh Michael! Come on!Oh Michael! Come on!Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-29655165579303111142010-08-19T18:53:00.991-05:002010-08-19T18:53:00.991-05:00So, we leave out the part that he has four women h...So, we leave out the part that he has four women housekeepers who live with him - Georg doesn't and a woman secretary named Bridget as well as his former female housekeeper Ingrid whom for years the Italian press said was having an affair with him. Everyone just makes it up out of wholesail clothe.<br /> If we are just to look at behavior I'd say Andrew is just plain angry at being gay himself. Why would you want to bash someone for being gay when you are gay even if he might be repressed - it's self-defeating. But I'm probably not reading his intellectual architecture correctly after all - I don't really have the blueprintAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-206670812835612872010-08-19T18:47:05.990-05:002010-08-19T18:47:05.990-05:00"Thoughts and reflections from a progressive,..."Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective."<br /><br />Is it about time Michael that you should be removing the word "Catholic" from you blog's header?<br /><br /><br />RayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08332138030182107580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-88848202205709308852010-08-19T18:25:35.484-05:002010-08-19T18:25:35.484-05:00One line in that article really hit me in the face...One line in that article really hit me in the face as it pretty much sums up my life, "That you were gay was something you managed to know about yourself and not know at the same time." I don't know how to explain it but this really rings true.Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-74716030639206538262010-08-19T18:19:06.255-05:002010-08-19T18:19:06.255-05:00I read that the other day, very interesting. It i...I read that the other day, very interesting. It is good that the Pope has someone. Now if he could just go easy on the rest of us.Mareczkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122584421854834046noreply@blogger.com