Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Markkula?

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, a Jesuit institution, reports, here on a talk earlier this year by Thomas Reese, S.J., former editor of America magazine, who said:
If you are a conservative and want a return to the pre-Vatican II liturgy, don't let anyone tell you that you are a heretic. If you are a liberal and believe that married men should be ordained priests, don't let anyone tell you that you are a heretic. The questions of married priests or Latin in the liturgy are not doctrinal issues. These are matters of canon or liturgical law…. Laws have changed over time. Laws can change again.

It makes for interesting reading.