https://ropersanchor.jamesjheaney.com/2017/12/20/a-roman-memory/ "And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?" Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ropersanchor.jamesjheaney.com/2017/12/20/a-roman-memory/#comment-151877 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:39:00 +0000 https://www.jamesjheaney.com/?p=1851#comment-151877 I heard last night on the radio that he died and my first thought was, “They had better not give him a funeral with all the bells and whistles!” I tossed and turned a bit while worrying that yes, they probably would. Then I realized that I needed to do something very, very hard–I needed to pray for Cardinal Law’s soul. I, too, was appalled to discover, while in Rome, that Cardinal Law was living in Rome as if he hadn’t betrayed and abandoned hundreds of children. He did his fellow priests no favor, either, since they were never going to find their way to penance and reparations while their Cardinal was busy covering up their crimes. At times like this, I think of Walker Percy’s response when asked, “Why are you still Catholic?” He sighed, then said, “What else is there?”

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