Nostalgia for a "golden age" hurts the Church on both the left and the right

[Michie]

There is a tendency for conservative Catholics to long for a pre-Conciliar Church of the Latin Mass and old devotions. Liberals often dream of a return to the Church of the seventies with its "anything goes" attitude. While nostalgia on both sides is understandable, it's also lamentable.

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Nostalgia for a "golden age" hurts the Church, both on left and right

 

[LivingWordUnity]

It seems clear that we are currently in the apocalyptic age.