Well those of us who have had the privilege of hearing him speak know that's very true. He's a very funny, kind, and gracious man who was very good to my children who acted as altar servers for him when he visited our parish. But it's nice to see that others outside of our diocese think highly of him as well. I stumbled across this interview in the British Catholic Herald.
I Don't Take Myself All That Seriously
DiNardo has modest but serious expectations of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to America later this month. "I would like to see the Holy Father bring with him the message of hope," he says, referring to the Pope's recent encyclical Spe Salvi.
"The Holy Father has himself said that he distinguishes the Church in Europe from that in the United States. The Catholic Church has always been a bit of a mixed bag, what with the multiplicity of cultures and the constant influx of new ethnic groups. So it'll be interesting to see how that affects what he has to say. I expect he'll also try to effect a mild shift in orientation here in America."
"Oh?" I say.
"Well‚ we can be a little materialistic," he replies, with comic understatement. I recount to him my childhood priest's favourite quotation: "Be careful, lest the things you own end up owning you."
"That's exactly it," says DiNardo. "You know, in Latin, the word for 'baggage' is impedimenta. Americans delight in carrying baggage with them, but these things‚ they're just impediments."
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