Cardinal O'Malley is the boss of the Boston Archdiocese and he does his job - as he interprets it - fairly well. One of the policies of the archdiocese is controlling who speaks on church property. Those who advocate positions contrary to church doctrine are not permitted to speak. Trying to prevent Catholics from hearing different views of the world has been a modus operandi for the church since I was an altar boy.
The latest attempt to keep Catholics in the dark is O'Malley's decision to ban the Rev. Helmut Schuller from speaking at a church in Dedham. Why the ban? Schuller advocates addressing the growing shortage of priests by ordaining women and married men. This seems a sensible approach to a very real problem for the church.
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