I Learn Something New Every Day

At least, it seems that way. Last night, in addition to a great deal on the Turin Shroud (such as its connection with St Charles Borromeo), I learned that there is such a thing as a four-point biretta, which is academic garb to which holders of doctoral degrees are entitled. It is not used liturgically among either Anglicans or Catholics.

Fr Kelley has one, since he was granted a DD degree by the University of Turin (a DD is an honorary degree) for research he did on the Turin Shroud in the 1970s.

This is the individual against whom a relentless campaign of character assassination has been conducted by Anthony Morello, Stephen Strawn, Brian Marsh, Andrew Bartus, Marilyn Bush, and their associates, with the tacit support of the Steenson-Hurd clique in the OCSP. The presentation he gave on the Turin Shroud is part of an extraordinary effort to restore the parish and its role in the community.

I think this is especially significant, because it has clearly turned out that the OCSP could not afford to lose either Fr Kelley or the St Mary of the Angels parish, which it did as a result of its own miscalculations.