LOVE IN THE RUINS: George Weigel

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

We're All Bad Catholics

George Weigel says that we're all bad catholics. It's OK to be a bad catholic as long as you are trying to be a good one. Read Weigel's column about "Catholic Lite" here.

Why I am a Bad Catholic

"I, for example, am a Roman Catholic, albeit a bad one. I believe in the Holy Catholic Apostolic and Roman Church, in God the Father, in the election of the Jews, in Jesus Christ His Son our Lord, who founded the Church on Peter his first vicar, which will last until the end of the world. . . . I believe in God and the whole business but I love women best, music and science next, whiskey next, God fourth, and my fellowman hardly at all. Generally I do as I please. A man, wrote John, who says he believes in God and does not keep his commandments is a liar. If John is right, then I am a liar. Nevertheless, I believe."

Dr. Tom Moore in

LOVE IN THE RUINS: THE ADVENTURES OF A BAD CATHOLIC AT A TIME NEAR THE END OF THE WORLD

by Walker Percy