Papal hack.I was surprised and troubled by Luke Timothy Johnson's sympathetic review of John Cornwell's The Pontiff in Winter ("Tragic Flaws," March 25). In my opinion, Cornwell is a fabulist fab·u·list n. 1. A composer of fables. 2. A teller of tales; a liar. [French fabuliste, from Latin f and a hack who delights in doing "hatchet hatchet: see tomahawk. jobs" on popes he doesn't like. Hitler's Pope, his attack on Pius XII, was devastatingly exposed by Justus George Lawler in his truly scholarly Popes and Politics. The Pontiff in Winter deserves the same kind of scrutiny. If Commonweal com·mon·weal n. 1. The public good or welfare. 2. Archaic A commonwealth or republic. Noun 1. is going to retain my respect, loyalty, and support, I insist that a rebuttal rebuttal n. evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument. review be published. That way the magazine will remain true to its liberal tradition that I have cherished over the years. (REV.) CHARLES P. WEBER Sanbornville, N.H. |
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