While the bishops have been distracted by Notre Dame's Obama drama, a new study has come out from the Pew Center revealing that U.S, Catholicism has suffered the most defections from its practice. The only reason we've maintained our numbers is the massive influx of immigrants from Central and South America--not exactly a great evangelization plan.
The Lefebvrite controversy seems to be moving from initial concern over its effects on Catholic-Jewish dialogue to fear among Catholics, especially in Europe, that the Vatican is backing away from the reforms of Vatican II.
So it's official: Obama picked a Catholic. Well, he picked a Senator that can burnish his foreign policy credentials, but Biden's Catholicism has to be considered a factor in the mix. Not only is Biden Catholic, he is a regular Sunday communicant at two parishes, despite his consistent pro-abortion voting record.
In what can only be described as a surprise, the U.S. bishops failed to pass the most recent revisions to the English translation of the liturgy. The proposed texts, meant to replace the English translation used since 1970, has been criticized for sounding foreign to modern ears, though its champions argue that more sacral language will "elevate" the liturgy to new heights.
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