Elizabeth Scalia
Seems yesterday was my day for writing about female journalists. Last night I was late to the Anthony Weiner/Andrew Breitbart story, barely having time to observe Barbara Walters diminish herself by allowing her hate to overrule her sense. Before that, I was filing my latest column for First Things, which looks at how Maureen Dowd [...]
Two minutes of history, y’all: Benedict formally asks that his predecessor be included among the blessed. It’s official: CBS News: Cardinal Wuerl weighs in; some shots of pilgrims in the rain. Can anyone spot Elizabeth? Footage of the vigil. (Yes, the announcer mispronounces “Dziwisz,” though not so badly as the other one): Update: World News [...]
(Photo Source He is a Beato! Loved singing the Gloria, in Latin, with my fellow Catholics. Bells ringing all over Rome! 8:33 AM After doing more grousing than a mature woman and a Christian should, I stood up, watched the chopper overhead, the stunning vista, the crowds, the placement, the choir…and I was just overwhelmed. [...]
Here, some of the best and brightest weigh in on Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and correct some popular misconceptions. The Curt Jester ripostes John Paul’s critics by explaining the difference between heroic virtue and administrative brilliance. Fr. Z. reminds readers that they shall know a saint by the fruits of the people mourning him. [...]
[GUEST POST, WRITTEN BY MAX LINDENMAN] A few more thoughts on the quirks of the canonization process… Regarding the round-the-clock publicity surrounding the capture and liberation of Private Jessica Lynch, Larry Flynt sniffed, “{the government] force-fed us Joan of Arc.” If Larry had done his homework he’d have known that far greater scoundrels than anyone [...]
I don’t mean to overdo the Fr. Jim Martin plugs — I swear, nobody’s passing me anything under the table. But today in Slate, Fr. Jmi published a fascinating piece, “Saintly Bad Behavior,” in which he makes the point that many saints venerated by the Church were oddballs or plain old jerks. Of course, he [...]
Elizabeth Scalia is a Benedictine Oblate and the Managing Editor of the Catholic Portal at Patheos. She is a writer, speaker and a regularly-featured columnist at First Things and at The Catholic Answer. Look for her book, Strange Gods: Unmasking the Idols in Everyday Life to be released in 2013, via Ave Maria Press.
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