[Belteshazzar]

“History isn’t over, Islam is here again, and a combination of the Catholic Church and meaty, American Protestant Christianity is needed to defeat it.”

To dream of the church defeating a faith, false as it is, with swords is just too sad for words. If this is your thinking and your strategy, we have already lost.

[ansel12]

To dream of the church defeating a faith, false as it is, with swords is just too sad for words.

Weird, that is internal to you, don't put your internal ideas on me.

[Clemenza]

Uncle Joe was on the mark when he famously remarked "how many tank divisions does the Pope have?" Outside of Malta, Poland, and the Phillipines, there aren't enough "faithful" ready to take up the sword for Rome anymore on a national/regional level.

BTW: The last time the Catholics and "Protestants" (in this case Anglicans) united against a common enemy (the Puritans) it turned out disastrous for the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church has been on the losing side of every political and cultural battle in the WEST since the Enlightenment. I hope this is NOT true on abortion.