ANDREW GREELEY Chance of rain 40%. What happens is the media tend to jump on ideas that then become twisted into themes, Berry told us. For decades, Greeley was the beau ideal of many in the Catholic columnizing business, and when he finally downed tools on that front, my own column the following week was a lament for a feisty writers departure from the lists. for 31 days, $7.99 Going away wasnt his idea. Goudie writes in his spare time for the archdiocesan paper New World. Martin approve? Ask your sales rep for our special advertiser rate code!). But in certain cases one is compelled by their words, by their actions, by their apparent contempt for Vatican and papal teachings to wonder on whose side some bishops are., Fiore has frequently counseled victims of sexual abuse. The explicit sexuality and obvious liberal perspective of Greeley's writing tended to induce bishops to keep him at arm's length. He predicted a massive Catholic backlash against what will be perceived (rightly or wrongly) as monumental Catholic bashing by the media (particularly by CNN) in which the Cardinals word is equated with the word of a man of dubious background and character.. Andrew Greeley remains in critical condtion - National Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. Greeley ended his Daily Southtown piece by making it clear where he stood. The progressive Catholic values of the 1960s informed Greeley's approach, both to secular politics and to the church. A reader could easily have assumed that Greeley did his asserting, perhaps exclusively, to the Sun-Times. Ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1954, Father Greeley served as an assistant pastor from 1954 to 1963, while pursuing postgraduate studies in sociology at the University of Chicago. Glenn crashed the Jeep after hitting the concrete lane divider on Route 28, according to sheriff's office reports. Meyer "died too young" and was "awfully smart"; Cardinal John Cody was "a madcap tyrant" (Greeley said in 1999 that his opinion about Cody "hasn't softened at all"); and Cardinal Joseph Bernardin "died a saint" but "sought consensus on everything and wanted to make everybody happy. In 1986, for example, Greeley established a $1 million Catholic inner-city school fund, providing scholarships and financial support to schools in the Chicago archdiocese with a minority student body of more than 50 percent. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. person will not be tolerated. These Bishops are: Bishop Robert Francis Greeley was not pleased. Father Andrew Greeley has died at the age of 85. Catch up Sunday on the top stories of the past week. . Consensual sex with minors: Does Fr. The witch-hunt theme has become fashionable right now., Berry and Victor both sympathize with Bernardin and want to believe him. Fr. Greeley's Condition Stabilized 2 Years After Fall In the realm of Greeley's fiction, perhaps his most enduring character was the mystery-solving priest (and later, bishop and archbishop), Blackie Ryan -- a wise, compassionate figure who blends street smarts with erudition, who's impatient with cant and pomposity (especially of the ecclesiastic sort), but who has a soft spot for people in need.