“Lapsed Catholic” is a bit of an oddity, Jams. No one is labeled a ‘lapsed Baptist’, and Jews are ‘non-observant’, not ‘lapsed’. It is a strange choice, like they stopped paying their subscription. The Queen’s English Society might have researched the matter, but you tell me that they have given up their effort. The answer is probably in the Oxford dictionary, they track everything.

My tolerance of Catholic exceptionalism is diminishing as rapidly as my tolerance of American exceptionalism. Freedom of religion truly entails freedom from religion; Catholics have no more right than any other religion to impose their beliefs on Americans of any stripe. Many of us have had quite enough of that, thankyouverymuch.

At this point, even before the latest insanity, lapsed Catholics were the only kind I knew.

My husband lived under the rule of nuns at his Catholic elementary and high school. Some nuns were really inspiring… and others should never have had access to kids. Especially teenaged boys. Those kind had joined the order to escape from reality and hormones, not cope with it on a daily basis.

My husband made it through with greatly honed survival skills….

But nice to see that nuns are trying to educate the Vatican as to how real people actually live.