hysterical holdovers from the Bronze Age
Our civilization is at stake. They are naive who think that fanatics are not serious in their malice. Mr. Chamberlain thought Hitler might be reasoned with as a gentleman. After the Yalta Conference, President Roosevelt opined that under the surface Stalin might be “a Christian gentleman.” Countless millions died because of those miscalculations.
Fr. Rutler opines on the reaction to Benedict’s speech and the nature of the threat in general…