I have decided--or bout as far as I can decide--that I’m going to stay with the Roman Catholic Church for good.

One big factor in this decision was my answers to one of those “Top 5” surveys on “facebook.” This one was “My Top 5 Heroes.”

Number One was Jesus.

Number Two was Mother Teresa.

Number Three would have been Lou Jacobs, legendary circus clown, but I could not find him on the list of people I could name. Instead I typed in St. Therese of Lisieux.

Number Four was St. Francis de Sales.

Number Five was St. Francis of Assisi.

Detect a trend?

Besides Lou Jacobs, my heroes included the Savior, three Saints, and possibly the most saintly human being in my lifetime. That pointed me toward the denomination I should be.

I have decided--or bout as far as I can decide--that I’m going to stay with the Roman Catholic Church for good.

One big factor in this decision was my answers to one of those “Top 5” surveys on “facebook.” This one was “My Top 5 Heroes.”

Number One was Jesus.

Number Two was Mother Teresa.

Number Three would have been Lou Jacobs, legendary circus clown, but I could not find him on the list of people I could name. Instead I typed in St. Therese of Lisieux.

Number Four was St. Francis de Sales.

Number Five was St. Francis of Assisi.

Detect a trend?

Besides Lou Jacobs, my heroes included the Savior, three Saints, and possibly the most saintly human being in my lifetime. That pointed me toward the denomination I should be.

I was born a Catholic, but for years I seldom went to church. In the late ’90s I began going to Mass again. After a few months I started to have issues with the Roman Catholic Church, so I became a member of the United Church of Christ. Well, after a few years I began to have issues with the U.C.C. I spent most of the soon-to-be-passed decade fluttering between churches or not going to church at all. I even spent a few months being a Zen Buddhist.

But I’m back with the Catholic Church now, even though I still have issues with them.

I was born a Catholic, but for years I seldom went to church. In the late ’90s I began going to Mass again. After a few months I started to have issues with the Roman Catholic Church, so I became a member of the United Church of Christ. Well, after a few years I began to have issues with the U.C.C. I spent most of the soon-to-be-passed decade fluttering between churches or not going to church at all. I even spent a few months being a Zen Buddhist.

But I’m back with the Catholic Church now, even though I still have issues with them.

Argh!!!!! Can the conservative media please stop giving credence to the idea that Limbaugh is anything more than an entertainer!!!??? He's Paul Harvey with a terrible attitude.
--Jennifer Smedley, facebook.

Well, there is a reason the media--conservative and liberal--are giving credence to Rush.

He sells papers. He gets people listening to him. He makes news.

And what are the media? The media are businesses. Their goal is the same as Mr. Limbaugh’s: to make money, to get more people buying their newspapers or watching their newscasts or broadcasts. Especially now, with newspapers going out of business and umpteen cable channels vying for decreasing advertising revenue. Even National Public Radio broke the story about President Clinton’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky. If NPR had been as liberal as people say it is, it would’ve hushed the story. But it relies on money, in the form of listener donations.