You know, Muller has taken a fair amount of heat from the Catholic right for not having more backbone, but darn it, he moved up a notch with me for this line: “Instead of appreciating the smell of the sheep, the shepherd here hits them hard with his crook.”
Catholics on the “right” often want dramatic, critical, adjective-laden tirades like we hear from Voris, Vigano and other “trads.” Guys like Benedict and Muller are way above that, they have the brilliance that doesn’t require flamboyance.