catholicism

Perhaps the real lack of faith in modern society comes down to a lack of reverence for the people around us.

On two occasions I decided to become Catholic. Both times I had to wait because I had been asked to preach or preside as a Methodist.

On February 11, comedian Stephen Colbert asked historian Garry Wills if he was in favor of the next pope being not John Paul III or Benedict XVII but “Nobody the First.” Wills smiled and said, “Ah, very good idea.”

For some Catholics, this idea is more than a joke.

The great newish online journal Religion & Politics alerted me to the fact that today is the anniversary of JFK's speech to the Houston ministers.