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Article: Prophecy and the Catholic imagination.(Viewpoint)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 28, 2003
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Hilaire Belloc once described a Catholic approach to life this way: "Where're the Catholic sun does shine/There's music and laughter and good red wine/At least I've found it so/ Benedicamus Domino."
Many of the events of the past several years might make such a cheerful vision of reality a little difficult for many to stomach. From Boston Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley's report to the lawyers of abuse victims that "our credit cards are maxed out," to Gov. Frank Keating's reminder in his letter of resignation that "our church ... is not a criminal enterprise," there has been a widespread sense that there is little to laugh or sing about in the lives of many church ...