This is the stuff that makes me love to be Catholic, and reaffirms my faith even when I am most despondent.
zuma nokia sisJimmy Akin tells the tale of a theological organization founded by Evangelical Christians, and how despite their best attempts to frame a charter that would implicitly exclude Catholics, clumsily wrote it in a way that stated accurate Church teaching. As a result, Catholics and like-minded Protestants were able to join the organization. Eventually (this past November, to be specific), they elected a President of the organization so close to Catholic philosophy that he returned to the Church during the course of his tenure. (Dr. Francis Beckwith was raised Catholic and received the Sacraments of Initiation as a boy, but eventually became an Evangelical Protestant.)
Welcome back to the Church, professor! Your circuitous trip again reveals the truth that the Holy Spirit lives in our sister Churches, despite the sad reality that they are not endowed with the fullness of Grace.
Waiting for Godot to Leave has compiled a classification guide for bad homilies. I'd be interested to know if non-Catholics find this just as funny and disturbing as we do.