John McGreevy’s book is a gripping history of the modern Catholic Church, an institution at once a stolid purveyor of tradition and an agent of revolutionary change.
When Fr. Coughlin defended Kristallnacht, he turned to the work of Irish theologian Denis Fahey. Now, conservative Catholics are returning to Fahey for inspiration.
The mangling of American history has served to reinforce racism at the most fundamental level: through the stories and ideas we have passed on to our children.