God Wills It

As historian Thomas F. Madden (Director of Saint Louis University's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) elucidated to Colleen Carroll Campbell, Christians in general and Catholics in particular need not scurry away when conversation turns to either the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition.

An excellent if slightly dated article on the former can be found here.

God's Battalions

Even USAToday is beginning to get it, noticing Rodney Starks' book, God’s Battalions on the radar screen. Bravo.

Glimmers of light like the above and this getting through the cracks of the anti-truth barricades give me hope.