CWN noted that the Pope recently called attention to driving safety in his recent weekly audience. At first I thought, c'mon, wasn't there anything more important to comment on?
And then I remembered. Pope Benedict lives in Italy, where, according to humorist Dave Barry, it appears to be against the law for any driver to ever be behind another.
In 1867, Matthew Arnold wrote "Dover Beach", a haunting poem evoking the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of the Sea of Faith. As a boomer who finished Catholic elementary school in 1964 and then watched my Church falter, I've found the roar all too audible. So here I wait, listening for the whispers of that Sea's invincible return.
