Monday, April 21, 2008

Leo XIII.

Jeffrey raises a point that's a real puzzler:

"I'm amazed a cause for canonization hasn't been opened yet."

I agree. No cause at all? Do. Not. Get. It.

Many popes have had to confront the world. With Rerum Novarum, Leo XIII shaped it.

Add to this giving biblical scholarship a shot in the arm, opening doors to Eastern Christians and reviving Aquinas....

My bafflement continues.

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