John Allen Jr. has a great piece today on the recent death of Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo and the story of Fr. Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi.
At the end of the day, bishops and saints need one another – bishops, to remind saints that no force in the church ever exists for itself; and saints to remind bishops that ultimately the church exists for the gospel, and not the other way around.
The whole article is interesting especially the quip about criticizing the Church.
