On the Cardinalate

Even under very different circumstances than we've known before, Church, Red Dawn has come. For what it's worth, be assured that the unpredictable will only continue apace.Given recent months' uptick of interest in things Catholic, at least some here could seemingly use an explanation of what the scarlet means – and not just for the Cardinals-designate. Accordingly, here's an off-the-cuff reflection on the significance of the red hat by one of its most exemplary recent recipients – the subway-riding, Timbit-loving archbishop of Toronto, Thomas Cardinal Collins, who gave some thoughts on the office on coming home to his boyhood parish, the hilltop Church of Our Lady in Guelph, shortly after his return from the Consistory of February 2012....Speaking of boyhood parishes, though, for those of you who know what's been doing behind the scenes over these last days, thanks so much for your prayers, goodness and support. At least for what we can do here, Jim, you'll have your rightful place again tonight.-30-