So, is it white smoke or black smoke?

[arib]

Earlier today, I was telling reporteraliza about a conversation my brother Dani had with a judge at his internship. Dani had offered to get an all-green St. Patrick's Day yarmulke for one of the judges, the judge had jokingly opined that his "monsignor probably wouldn't approve."

The following conversation ensued.

reporteraliza: "What is a monsignor, anyway?"
Me: "I'm not sure. Maybe a more senior priest who isn't a Cardinal?"
reporteraliza: "I could e-mail Brother Guy and ask him."
Me: You could, but I suspect consulting the Vatican for this sort of question is probably overkill.

So, we chose to go the slightly more ecumenical route, and post to my blog, hoping someone can clue us in. :-)

Comments

[rikhei.livejournal.com]

Sez the wikipedia.

[leiacat.livejournal.com]

You could just google it, you showoff.

[arib.livejournal.com]

But this is more fun. :-)

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Catholic Staff Officers. Not in the RCC's direct line of command, not holding positions of direct authority over bodies of worshipers, but in important positions.

[eleri.livejournal.com]

speaking of yarmulkes, my dharma catalogue now has blank fabric ones for subjecting to tie-dye and batik and other such horrors :)

[maric23.livejournal.com]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=monsignor&l=1

(Why give people productive links when you can give a productive link, and be gratuitously patronizing at the same time?)

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

If you had a legitimate reason to be asking Brother Guy, I'm sure he'd be happy to answer...