Christendom, the culture of the Catholic Church, the West, has and ever shall be a type of the Kingdom of God. The Middle Ages, so scorned by Enlightenment project ninnies, if anyone takes time to delve, were neither a Monty Python-ignoramus circus nor huddling peasants round cathedrals ruled by jewel-bedecked clergy. Can such a Catholic culture breathe again in today's world?Benedict XVI knows this can happen, and according to David Gibson at the Wall Street Journal, the Holy Father has plans to revive Catholic culture in earnest.
My friend brought me a Rosary blessed by Benedict at the Nationals stadium Mass. I intend to pray for this revival of Christendom using it every day.
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Interesting article by Gibson especially if you have checked out his book, The Rule of Benedict: Pope Benedict XVI and His Battle with the Modern World. Here is one commentator's view of Mr. Gibson's book: "No fan of the current pontiff, journalist and religion writer Gibson provides a scathing profile of Pope Benedict XVI and issues a dire warning about the future of Catholicism. Asserting that Benedict is a regressive theologian, he cautions that the church is headed in a very conservative direction, in direct opposition to the silent majority of American Catholics, who favor a more liberal spiritual and social agenda. Although a church at the crossroads would seem to need a leader willing to forge ahead, Benedict has neither the inclination nor the temperament to propel the Roman Catholic Church into the -twenty-first century. Mired in a traditional brand of doctrinal orthodoxy, he represents a giant step backward to loyal Catholics who have patiently waited, hoping for a breath of fresh air to revive their moribund church. This provocative assessment of Pope Benedict's background and the first year of his papacy supplies plenty of food for thought and discussion."
Maybe this article is a sign that over the past 3 years Benedict has been re-converting or transforming the convert, Mr. Gibson, like he has been doing to many throughout the world.
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