Liberal, konservativ, oder besser wieder nur-katholisch?

Bei Martins del.icio.us.ities aufgegabelt: Die Identity Crisis von Marian E. Crowe in America. A good weekend read:

"I want the old church back: “Pay, pray and obey.” No fellowship, no coffee and donuts after Mass. No parish councils, no congregational singing. Lists of do’s and don’t’s. Fasting from midnight before Communion. Catholics locked into miserable marriages. Rhythm. Mean nuns in ridiculous habits. Priests with Irish accents.

This is why I want the old church back: I am tired of factionalism. You were either Catholic or Protestant—not a liberal Catholic, or a conservative Catholic, or a cafeteria Catholic, or a cultural Catholic. You were a Catholic. The Mass was the Mass. You didn’t have to shop for a parish you could “stand.” (...)

Maybe it’s time to join the “flaming moderates” in the closet. I am going to let all my subscriptions to Catholic magazines lapse and read the old stuff: Knox, the Chesterbelloc, Dawson, Lewis, Sheed. I know, I know; it’s triumphalist, not Vatican II, not politically correct. I don’t care.

I need to feel good about being a Catholic. Not a conservative Catholic. Not a liberal Catholic. Just a Catholic, once again.