WASHINGTON, DC (Catholic Online) - The anti-Catholicism that abounds in the mainstream media, the academy, and the entertainment world continues to both amuse and upset us greatly! Who needs morning coffee when you can read the latest stupidity about the Conclave scheduled to commence in the Vatican next week?  It's enough to evoke peals of laughter or growls of anger. 

Being seasoned Catholic journalists who have "been there done that" we prefer the former, knowing that the latter shows more respect than is due.
 
Tim Stanley, a very fine young Catholic pundit in the UK, report that the very unfunny Ricky Gervais, whp purports to be a comedian, has called Catholics "morons."  Stanley had tweeted that, "Crowd greeting #Pope estimated at 200,000. Beat that, Richard Dawkins," to which Gervais responded, "Some people are morons, beat that, education!" (Stanley, by the way, is smart, tough, and articulate, a young talent to watch!)