UNITED STATES
National Catholic Reporter
Thomas C. Fox | Nov. 17, 2014 NCR Today
Cardinal O’Malley is pastoral to the core. He’s also an intelligent person. It’s good he has the ear of Pope Francis. This was the theme of a telling “60 Minutes” segment on CBS last night. During the interview the good cardinal was open and honest, navigating some tough questions by correspondent Norah O’Donnell. But before the interview was over he revealed clearly the increasingly untenable nature of the Catholic teaching that women cannot be ordained priests.
I applaud O’Malley for his candor. This was especially clear when asked about the Vatican crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.
First listeners heard this voice over:
“The cardinal’s careful candor isn’t limited to the church’s mishandling of abuse. Take the Vatican doctrine office’s crackdown on American nuns for focusing more on social justice than issues like abortion and contraception — placing the nuns under the supervision of three bishops.”
Then O’Donnell said: “It looked like a crackdown from men at the Vatican on…”
But before she could finish her sentence, O’Malley finished for her: “A disaster.”
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