An interesting op-ed by Boston Globe columnistist Christopher Shea about Philip Jenkin’s upcoming

book, “The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice.” What’s worth

noting is that non-Catholic Jenkins disagrees with the church on certain

fundamental teachings–presumably both theological and moral–yet sticks up for

the church. Unfortunately, Shea gives too0 much time to Jenkin’s critics, many

of whom are knee-jerkily opposed (e.g., Garry Wills, James Carroll, theologian

Lisa Sowle Cahill). But Fr. Richard John Neuhaus registers perhaps the most

legitimate complaint: “I’m not sure that it [the prejudice] is that new.”