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Article: Beached whale.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 25, 2005
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* Eugene Kennedy's essay "Bishops and the beached whale" (NCR, Oct. 21) was magnificent.
Many thanks to Eugene Kennedy for having the courage to write such an in-depth piece about the machinations of the hierarchy. My only wish is that it would find its way into the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times.
MARY FRANCES MILLER
Westchester, Ill.
* While Eugene Kennedy makes some interesting points in "Bishops and the beached whale," I would suggest some important cautions. The doctrine of hierarchy is a richer notion than simply something "designed for the exercise of power, for authoritarian control." Rather, hierarchy also includes the ...