At Crisis there are three article titles that caught my eye and garnered an instant reaction before I read them.
Don’t get into the bad habit (that some of you readers here do have) of reacting to titles without reading the posts. So, do as I say, not as I do. o{]:¬)
In any event the three titles (which the articles are also worth reading)
How Great was John Paul II? by Eric Sammons
The War Has Only Just Begun by Austen Ruse
Will the Bishops Stand Up to Biden? by Crisis editors
To which I respond…
How great was John Paul II? Yes, truly a great and profoundly influential figure in the Church and on the world. Usually we need the perspective of many decades, even centuries to recognize this. However, the confirmation of his greatness can be found in the fact that since about 2013 there has been a systematic program to obscure, erode and dismantle John Paul’s Magisterium. I am reminded of how the Left (Dems, homosexualists, Communists and other totalitarians) obscure by silence about truth, erode by twisting words and laws out of recognition, and dismantle by trying to disarm citizens and marginalize opponents.
The War Has Only Just Begun? Truer words have not been written. The fact is that the war has been going on for a long time. Think Dewey, Gramsci, et al. And in the Church, any number of noxious influences from Tyrell onward. We are witnessing the fruits of their evil seed today.
Will the bishops stand up to Biden?
ROFL!
When have they stood up to anything in the last few decades? Individuals, yes. But the question is about the conference.
At this point on is tempted to introduce a perennial query about collective nouns for bishops.
Seriously, do read articles.
And, viz that final title, I don’t think they are going to have to even be tempted to grovel before Biden. The election isn’t over.
