Gary Wills is what he is...an anti-Catholic Catholic...who holds his religion in complete disregard

Sally Quinn´s son married a muslim.

Nuff said.

Once again we have wisdom from Sally "sleep your way to the top" Quinn. Its unfortunate that the Catholic hierarchy doesn´t know as much about Christianity as Sally Quinn.

Wills objects to an authoritative pope who tells people what to do and what not to do, but he doesn´t seem to realize he is doing the same thing himself, by decreeing that Queen Elizabeth and the pope can "keep their gorgeous palaces and costumes," and pass into obscurity. He fails to acknowledge all the good work for the poor plus diplomatic work the Vatican does, or the fact that there are sections of the globe where Catholicism matters very much and the pope is revered.

Well, Sally and Garry, here are the reasons that the Catholic Church isn´t irrelevant to you. You say it does good work in education and health. You say the liberal nuns in the U.S. should be left alone. Let´s start with that one. The liberal religious orders in America are DYING. They are NOT attracting young vocations. Which religious orders are attracting vocations...the one´s that are teaching, preaching, and adhering to the doctrines and dogmas of the Church. Okay..next up education and health. I will be very interested and watching what the U.S. bishops do about the mandate. I would not be unduly surprised if we start seeing the closing of Catholic schools, universities, and hospitals if the mandate isn´t rescinded.
When the public schools, universities, and hospitals are so over-crowded that the government can´t handle the influx of new students and patients, it will be interesting to see what happens.

Let me guess...Wills is gay?

Interesting, the Washington Post´s columnist wants the Pope to fade away into Irrelevence, when in fact, according to their circulation numbers, the Washington Post is fading away into Irrelevence.

There´s an article in the National Catholic Register by Mark Shea (More on the Priesthood. Shea refers to Wills as "a wolf in sheep´s clothing" who relies on Protestant myth.

Gary misspelled "irrelevence" (ireelevence) in his tweet. Sister Mary of Perpetual Punishment would have cracked his knuckles with a ruler (metal edge) for that mistake.

Jesus had a different opinion.

I´m confused, is Wills comparing the rarely practiced kissing of a bishop´s ring to the sin of sodomy? I can see why he´s having a difficult time being a Catholic; he doesn´t seem to know what´s imperative for his salvation and what´s not.
By the way, I´m curious, would Wills and Quinn have the same opinions if one of the more modern and enlightened (that is, disobedient) cardinals had been chosen?

Even the "liberal" National Catholic Reporter doesn´t like Wills.

There´s a column entitled "Garry Wills Please Go Away."

I tend to believe WaPo, Wills and Quinn have already begun to fade into irrelevance.

what amazes me is that people like Quinn and Willis believe the Catholic Church should get down into the gutter and believe the same things these two people believe..get with the times...allow abortion...allow gays...same sex marriage...
Well for one thing the Catholic Church wuld not be the Catholic Church if it did.
I have a great idea...how about Willis and Quinn change their beliefs...in the meantime...I will just ignore them..

Someone should remind Wills that this has been tried before by people who had greater claim to being in the Church (Martin Luther, for example). Wills needs to decide if he identifies with one of those offshoots, or if he´s trying to start his own.

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe the church is the longest-enduring institution in world history. Nearly 2,000 years of attacks, insults, scandals by hypocrites within the church, and constant misrepresentation by its enemies. Who will still be around 100 years from now? Quinn and Wills, or the church?

The dem pols dictating the dems lsm at the WaPo such as Quinn & Wills haven´t bothered to read the very first Right detailed in the Bill of Rights First Amendment lately, eh? More´s the pity.

dem pols & THEIR lsm have no shame

Marshall McLuhan once said that if there were only two Catholics left in the world, one of them would have to be Pope.

#18, ya mean they couldn´t be Co-Popes?

With Benedict´s retirement, and a successor known as Pope Francis, we now have a choice...
New Pope...
or...
Pope Classic

I asked a Left Coast friend who is Jewish why Jews and Muslims and Hindus don´t have
a world-wide leader to dictate policy?

She said, for Jewish people, "We do... Bloomberg."

I would hardly go to Sally Quinn for information on the Catholic Church.

I´m with #7 IMHO The WP has long ago faded into Irrelevency, only fools and liars say they believe it.

I rarely read the "On Faith" section of the WaPoo. It usually trashes the Roman Catholic Church. No news there. The authors of these pieces must all be disgruntled former Catholics who hold a grudge against the church. It is so sad to think people who read that junk will actually believe it.

Despite the hatred by the left of Catholics, Catholics are one of the Democrat´s strongest voting blocs.

Speaking of "irrelevence", how many layoffs has the Compost had since zippy stole the election? How´s that bottom line? A little on the red side?