Wormwood turns the wheel

I was just listening to someone on EWTN bemoaning the lack of basic catechesis among cradle Catholics (the speaker was a convert!), and reflecting quietly to myself how brittle that word "catholic" is.

As all these babies float away with the bathwater and vanish amidst the bullrushes, I, reprobate that I am, call to mind the Enchiridion of Indulgences.

"Bellies full, minds empty." — The Old Man's First Principles of Governance