Vatican II severely damaged the Roman Catholic Church. Richard John Neuhaus was one of the few sensible voices remaining in this large religious institution. It now mostly stands for the advancement of socialism and surrender to the forces of secularism. Anti-intellectualism and the contempt of Western values are now the norm. Fighting abortion is deemed embarrassing and anti-assimilationist.

Do you know what a Catholic usually means when saying they are “open to dialogue to the world?” It just means that these Uncle Toms will grovel at the feet of the “elites” of Harvard and Yale. They have zero interest in talking to conservative Jews and Protestants. I also became a subscriber once again to First Things about a month ago. It is very fine publication—even if you are not Catholic. Someone like Christopher Hitchens should find many of the articles intellectually challenging.