[I would like to apologize for missing a few weeks with my column due to family vacation, starting a new job, and getting terribly sick. I will likely occasionally miss weeks in the future, of course. In the meantime, here is a column that answers a desire of mine to write a bit more on specifically Catholic issues.]
An Ultramontanist Manifesto
Of all my various claims to fame (author of the comic strip Bob, director and star of Star Groove, food prep for Mimi's Sodas), one that I'm actually fairly proud of is that I have played a role in a number of people becoming more Ultramontane.
Ultramontanism is not, as you might suspect, a rare disease of the feet, but a theological and personal and pastoral and ecclesiastical emphasis within Catholicism: namely, an emphasis on the authority of the Pope, the bishop of Rome, as the central, universal, infallible, practical authority of the Catholic Church.
In this column, I will aim to give a brief analysis of what this means and why I think it's important:
