Rorate Caeli: In what is arguably still the most influential mainstream publication in the world, The New York Times, Catholic columnist Ross Douthat — who days ago had had his very ability to speak and to have his views merely published questioned by the ubiquitous Liberal Catholic establishment — not only does not back down, but he doubles down this Sunday. He welcomes the war brought to him, he identifies the main players (and the main player above all, Pope Francis), and he welcomes all contenders to the battlefield. Full text is here.
