The chicken said, “Eat beef!”
“I concur – beef is the tastiest form of protein!” said the fish.
And the pig said, “Beef does a body good! Just don’t wrap it in bacon!”
And that’s what having James Carroll review John Cornwell’s book “The Pontiff in Winter” is like.
Who wants to take the Post to task on this? Perhaps we could do a group letter from St. Blogs and rattle the Book World cages over at WashPost central?
Someone would need to volunteer to draft a response, we could pass it around for edits and then do the virtual signature… Who’s up for it?
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My gosh — even the National Catholic Reporter’s review (by Chester Gillis) was able to admit that “The Pontiff in Winter” was basically a hatchet job:
“Even those who are bitterly disappointed in the papacy of John Paul II, as author John Cornwell clearly is, should offer a more balanced assessment of his reign than his The Pontiff in Winter presents.”
Someone would need to volunteer to draft a response, we could pass it around for edits and then do the virtual signature… Who’s up for it?
One question before I take the job: is cursing in Latin permitted?
No cursing. But latin is encouraged.
Of course, you could no longer be anonymous if you decided to help.
Would it help to have a non-Catholic Christian participate in favor of JPG?
Sure thing! Now we just need someone to draft the missive…
A bunch of distinct personally written letters would carry more weight than an Internet petition.