Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Lost Art of Episcopal Portraiture

He stands at the foot of the cross. He looks to the horizon. His predecessors look on from behind. He holds a large book, symbolic of wisdom. He wears the hat of his office. He commands in his posture. He wears the liturgical dress of prayer.

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  1. He abolishes all of it.

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  2. I wish people would leave him alone. It wasn't all his fault. At least have some respect for the Papal office.

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  3. Gregory: EXACTLY what I was thinking!

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  4. While no fan of this one, everything he is wearing is still worn by bishops today!

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  5. Pius XII should have banished Montini for life into a secluded convent in the Abruzzo, where he could not play havoc. But then he was elected, the most incapable pontiff since the pornocracy.

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  6. Gregory is absolutely right! And to tell the truth is no to be disrespectful...

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