A lot of people don't know that Bakersfield has a patron saint.
She, of course, has never been here. As far as I know, no one who has lived in Bakersfield has ever been formally recognized as a saint.
She never lived in Fresno either.
But St. Therese de Lisieux, for whom Mother Teresa was named, got to be the patroness of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno (which includes Bakersfield) because a Fresno bishop happened to be in Rome when St. Therese was canonized.
Bishop John G....
Pope Benedict XVI, in what some see as a retreat from the ecumenical movement of Vatican II, has in the last week resumed Latin Masses and asserted Catholic supremacy over other Christian churches.
The Second Vatican Council in 1962 to 1965 ushered in a more cooperative approach between the Roman Catholic Church and other Christian churches.
What the Pope has done in the last week is seen as "a step backward" from that approach.
Reuters reported Bishop Wolfgang Huber,...
