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Originally posted by abaici
It doesn't seem that his ideas are very radical at all. Especially, not within the boundaries of Catholic doctrine.
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To American Catholicism, they are. We've always been kind of a unique snowflake. I've also been raised as an extremely progressive and ecumenical Catholic. Of course doctrine shouldn't shift with the wind and most laity do expect the church to stand strong against moral relativism - but to me personally, Catholicism has never been about ostracizing those who don't have the moral backbone of Christ. It's about realizing that we're imperfect and striving to be better.
I'm actually very disturbed with some of his views on academic freedom at Catholic universities. I think that most Catholics today, let alone others, aren't familiar with what transpired at my own university, particularly with Daniel McGuire, with regards to this.