New emperor, old cassock

Reader, it may shock you to discover that I am not an observant Catholic – or Christian or anything else. My deepest faith is in human beings and my devotion is to doing what I can to make the world better for my fellow flawed flock. That might seem lacking in piety or gravity, but, again. Take a look around. It takes guts to love humanity in this world. It’s brave to see all the darkness and insist that the light is down here, within reach, not in a cloister in the Vatican, on ballots of men.… Read More New emperor, old cassock

The Politics of the Papacy: thoughts on Pope Francis

I am not a fan of the Catholic church. Between their sketchy history of protecting sex offenders who also happen to be priests, and their stubborn insistence on clinging to comically outdated, hardly helpful dogmatic interpretations of god’s thoughts on abortion, gay people, women, birth control, I pretty much ignore whatever comes out of the… Read More The Politics of the Papacy: thoughts on Pope Francis