Michael J. Matt | Editor
Michael clears up a few questions from last week's episode about the upcoming canonization and makes an announcement about the future of The Remnant Underground. Also, what is with the Internet trolls and who is Catholic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man?
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The New York Times: A Saint, He Ain’t
But, wait, there’s more!
According to La Stampa, Pope Paul VI has reportedly been penciled in for beatification this coming fall at the conclusion of the Synod of Bishops in Rome.
Yes, that’s right—Paul VI! Remember him? That vague, sort of nondescript pontiff who made up for negligible personal magnetism with an almost fanatical penchant for novelty.
There is no particular cult associated with his cause, of course, other than among a few aging ecclesiastical hippies inside the Vatican who are evidently bound and determined to nominate their pal Paul for a Halo Award, come hell or high water.
Something of a tragic figure, Papa Montini was sometimes called the Lady Macbeth of the Vatican because by pontificate end he was reportedly reduced to walking the papal apartments at night, racked with self-doubt, weeping over the mess he and his friends had made of the Roman Rite.