"Bishops seem to think that anger at sin is un-Christian"

Any bishop worth his salt is always striving to elevate his fraternity of priests to become “men in full.”  A true spiritual father is vigilant, as well, about preserving any part of the Church’s rich patrimony that is being slighted.

Having come across an essay that Leon Podles wrote three years ago, I can only wonder why the “Touchstone” magazine editor – with his refusal to go along with our generation’s willful ignorance about Thomas Aquinas’ view of anger – is not being called daily by American bishops, asking him to come and address his priestly troops.

Even a man with such a towering legacy as Joe Paterno – who had been molded by the Jesuits at Brooklyn Prep – came to the end of his life knowing in his heart that he had not gotten angry enough at the evil of sin.