I love your message here, and remember with gratitude all the writings by Andrew Greeley that filled me with joy and hope. I particularly like his warm admiration of the popular religiosity of non-Anglo (or perhaps more specifically non-Irish) ethnic groups in the church, especially Latinos and the enthusiasm with which they celebrate their popular devotions, processions, fiestas.

As for "Her pet project in Creation," if that is meant to refer to human beings, then of course it needs correction. It is true that in Greek Orthodox liturgical texts, "philanthrôpía," "love of humanity," is the quality of God justifying our directing our prayers Godward. But that need not exclude equivalent love of countless other kinds of creature. E.g., the British biologist J.B.S. Haldane famously attributed to God "an inordinate love of beetles."