Defend the Dogma, Defend the Holy Father!

Michael Matt is mounting a defense of the Holy Father in the face of attacks from the enemies of the Church.

All of this aside, however, the reality is that the Church’s infallible doctrine on salvation is this week being savaged in the world media. The embodiment of that infallible dogma is at this moment the Holy Father himself, since his new prayer, critics charge, is unacceptable because of its inherent Catholicity and alleged offensiveness to Jewish people. His most powerful critics are attempting to in effect turn the Holy Father upside down and shake an apology out of him for what the Church teaches. What will he do? What will we do–stand by and watch?