"Father McCarthy Smokes a Pipe and Speaks in Tongues"


By R. Douglas Wead. 1971 edition.

Page 103.

"Catholic Pentecostals aren't the only ones pushing Christians to experience an effective personal faith in Jesus as Lord.

"San Antonio Bishop Flores, a non - Pentecostal, suggested that many Catholics have never been effectively evangelized but rather have been sacramentalized. (12)"

"12. Speech reported in The Texas Catholic, (Nov., 1970)."


So, what happened in the next 37 years? Like maybe things suddenly ran off the rails, pow! Just like that? At least in this diocese?