"Whispers in the Loggia"---sounds sexy, doesn't it? "Whispers" is actually a blog on Catholic Church activities, considered by surveys to be the best such blog in the nation. It reports on events and scuttlebutt in the Church, and often correctly predicts ecclesiastical appointments and documents which are tightly guarded as secrets by the hierarchical authorities. "Whispers" is written by Rocco Palmo, a former journalist and a layman, not a theologian nor a priest, who lives in Philadelphia.
Now comes word that the Aquinas Institute of Theology in Saint Louis will grant Palmo an honorary doctorate in theology for his journalistic blog. A Ph.D. for writing a gossip-and-facts blog, of all things---and Palmo is only 27 years old!
I'm gonna talk to my crazy neighbor, old Emory. Together we'll submit my own "Old Gargoyle" blog and Emory's hand-drawn, wacky cartoons of Holy Ghost, his old parrot, to Aquinas Institute for its consideration. Heck, we stand a good chance of each getting an honorary degree out of this. Just think: "Doctor Gargoyle" and "Doctor Emory"---sound ritzy. Wish us luck.
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