Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of the Diocese of Providence hesitantly joined Twitter last February, warning that "I need a heavy dose of prudence in things that I post, because I don't use a lot of filters," he told the Crux online publication.
Bishop Tobin disabled his Twitter account a week ago Monday night. It was not that he was too snarky but, in the minds of many Catholics, he was not harsh enough.
Ethan Sonneborn, 14, is appearing on the Democratic primary ballot later this month and now that school is out he is campaigning just about every day — driven by his parents.
Bernie Sanders, Howard Dean, and Barack Obama are his political heroes.