“I forgot one thing: It’s very clear that Hitler intended to kidnap Pius XII and hold him prisoner, perhaps kill him.”
Did that ever happen?
“The Pope was doing nothing to impede Hitler from having his precious Danzig, the need for which excuses all other actions”
The only reason that Italy got involved in WW2 is because Britain and France declared war on Germany over Poland and Poland refused to negotiate because of the British war guarantee.
“Again, maybe there are committed Catholics willing to overlook the kidnapping of the Pope. On the other hand, maybe people who think that’s a justifiable hint are crazy.”
Speaking of committed Catholics, what happened to the committed Catholics of America? What about the committed Catholics of Poland, Italy, Spain, and France?
Isn’t Buchanan right that a third of Catholics in America have become apostates?
“Sadly, Mr Buchanan has traded his Catholicism for a deranged leftism, or something even more bizarre.”
Buchanan looks at Western Europe and sees the reality of the situation: a continent where Catholicism has evaporated in Italy, Spain, and France, which is being overwhelmed by Muslim immigrants, where Europeans can’t even be bothered to propagate themselves.
He also sees the reality of the situation in America: in the United States, over a third of Catholics have abandoned Catholicism, and we live in arguably what is one of the most degenerate societies that has ever existed in world history.
I guess that is what you call “victory.”
No, he's not. It's way more than a third. He should no, since he is one. If we were back before the 1950s his books would be on the index of forbidden books because of their content.