The wisdom of Cardinal George

The sad news of Card. George's death led me to read again some of his always wise words.  For example:

[I]n the Church today, there are voices on the left that resent the Church's teaching about many issues, particularly sexual morality, and therefore resent the bishops who uphold it.  There are voices on the right that say that they embrace the teaching but resent bishops who do not govern the the Church exactly as they say bishops should.  But the nature of episcopacy is to be free to act in Christ's name as pastors of the Church.  Bishops cannot be co-opted by state authority or political power, nor by pressure groups within the Church, lest the bishops fail in their office.

Francis Card. George, OMI, The Difference God Makes 205 (2009).