That may be, but some of us believe that Catholic monarchy as exemplified by Saints such as Ferdinand III of Spain, Stephen of Hungary, Henry of Germany, Louis IX of France and the recently beatified Karl of Austria-Hungary was a lot closer to the ideal than modern democracy. As long as we're on Earth, why not defend and strive for what we believe is the best possible?
Dear royalcello,
Or Catholic monarchs like Henry VIII (remember that it is as a Catholic that he had a mistress he wished to make his second wife)? Here, we have a Catholic king who led to the heresy, over time, of an entire country.
Or perhaps Edward II? Or Louis XIV?
I'm not a monarchy afficionado as you are. I'm sure that you can name at least three good Catholic monarchs for every bad one I can name. But I'm sure there are at least as many bad as good. Certainly, there are more bad Catholic monarchs then there are canonized ones.
I'm not against monarchy, per se. Nor am I terribly enamored with democracy, or even republicanism.
I am against getting rid of monarchy where it currently exists, except for the most extreme reasons, and I do think that monarchs ought to be more than figureheads.
But neither do I think the case is well-made that monarchy is substantially preferable to constitutional republicanism, nor do I thing that the case is made at all that countries with long histories of republican government (even bad republican government) can, or should move to monarchy.
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