THE P RTAL
April 2014
Page 12
Dogmatic
consistency
by Geoffrey Kirk
You know
what Anglo-catholics are like: they all have several reasons
for not joining the Ordinariate and are reluctant to tell you any of them.
They routinely assume – have you noticed this? – that you are somewhat to the
right of Opus Dei, and that in consequence you are embarrassed by Pope Francis.
‘How are you getting on with your Pope Francis?’
one of them asked me the other day. My Pope Francis!
I forbore to point out that the Po