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NEW EVIDENCE

New facts come out all the time about Ted Kennedy. I didn't know that he was so on the outs with the catholic heirarchy.

After Kennedy's Death: Silence from the Pope

Good for him.

The Kennedys have slowly and inevitably de-poped themselves.

And the Popes have done the same with them.

Here is what some vatican johnny said about Kennedy:

"Here in Rome, Ted Kennedy is nobody. He's a legend with his own constituency," says the Vatican official. "If he had influence in the past, it was only with the Archdiocese of Boston, and that eventually disappeared too."

Another quote that throws more light on the situation:

"He is a complicated figure," says the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit priest and the culture editor of the Catholic magazine America. "Catholics on the right are critical because of his stance on abortion. Catholics on the left celebrate his achievements on immigration, fighting poverty and other legislation that is a virtual mirror of the Church's social teaching."

Kennedy represents the "other side", the liberal Catholics in the tradition of Dorothy Day and The Catholic Worker. And, he supports abortion. Horrors.

He is the embodiment of the opposition to the present bunch of bastards that run the home office.

Watch what happens. See if the Archbishop of Boston runs the show during the funeral or whether they send in a pinch hitter. Perhaps a more liberal guy was requested. They are already not in the Cathedral in the South End of Boston where we used to live. They will be in the Mission Church in Mission Hill which is a pretty nice place, actually.

This again might have been the wish of the family. It is where he went when he was in town. But it is hard not to draw inferences.

Of course, this is why the church is so fucked up today. Kennedy is as near to embodying the christian ideal, support for the poor, the disenfranchised. Spiritual redemption of his own sins in his own life. Restitution. And he is ostracized by the "true church".

Did I mention that I think that they are a bunch of bastards?

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