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Entry: Ron Paul and Pius IX Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/ron_paul_and_pius_ix#16282 Post contents: @Michael Warning: If you would read some of my previous messages on other Taki threads, I think you would see that I am very wary of "democracy" as a means to advance the cause of the Kingship of Christ. Indeed, in the past I have defended confessionality and other concepts that seem alien to some readers. I have forcefully criticized the Church's practical embrace of democracy, certainly post-Vatican II, and I consider Christian Democracy, despite its noble intent, to have been, after eighty years of trial but mostly error, to have more or less failed. [I realize that this is debatable, and I do have a certain admiration for the efforts of Wilhelm Roepke and Amintore Fanfani and others, but the fact is that, hic et nunc, in Europe la Democracia Cristiana is pretty much dead or gone over to the political Left.] Still, as Catholics, we must avail ourselves of what legitimate means are available to us. Frankly, I would rather be fighting for Konig und Kaiser, but here in the USA, we must deal with what is before us....WITHOUT comprising principle or our faith, or giving in to the dominant culture. Sent at: 2008 09 07