A piece back I provided a link to Amazon.Com to get books by B16, using the keyword "Ratzinger." Unfortunately, I accidentally linked the apparel section of Amazon.Com instead of the books section.
A reader pointed out in the combox that (1) I had linked to the apparel section and (2) that there was no Ratzinger apparel. 🙁
WELL, NOW THERE IS!
Not at Amazon.Com, mind you, but at the Deo Gratias web store, run by a frequent blog visitor.
There you can get B16 T-shirts, sweats, mugs, mousepads, baseball caps, and, of course, the B16 bumper sticker y’all have seen here before:
YEE-HAW! GETCHA SOME GREAT B16 STUFF!
Author: Jimmy Akin
Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."
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I’m sorry. I am confused…Who or what is B-16, and what Cafeteria?
OOOhhhh, As I hit the post button I figured out who B16 is…but I still am missing the Cafeteria part.
For years those who have accepted or rejected parts of the Catholic faith have been referred to as “caffeteria Catholics” since they act as if they were choosing items to eat in a caffeteria.
Shortly after Benedict XVI was elected, evil columnist Maureen Dowd sarcastically noted that due to the election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, “the caffeteria is now closed.”
Fans of the new B16 picked up the phrase and ran with it.
Nice. Thanks. I am totally ordering a shirt, and bumper-sticker.