Catholic Neocons Fail Attempt to Fit Popes Into Factional Mold

Wed, 13 May 2020 07:28:30 GMT

Beginning especially with George Weigel's biography of the late John Paul II, Witness to Hope, Catholic Neoconservatives have tried to fit the last two popes into their Neoconservative ideology, but in each case have utterly failed. Whether we are considering the unjust war in Iraq or the matter of their advocacy of laissez faire economics, both John Paul II and Benedict XVI have resisted any such saddling. This has left many of them squirming for breathing room and sometimes downright irritated.