Not one Catholic priest or bishop was invited to give any prayer or invocation at Mr. Obama's inauguration.
Hey, you 53% of American Catholics who voted for him: how do you like your reward?
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.
