The following is a contribution to a comment thread within the pages of the National Post Religious Blog, " Holy Post ". Have any of you good folks read George Weigel's, " The Cube and the Cathedral " or any of his recent writings which offer persuasive argument and evidence as to the imminence of a conflict of cultures and religions that cannot be avoided? I think he gives us the key to understanding this culture and religious conundrum. First by pointing to the changing demographics of Europe, with a Christian birthrate that is insufficient to maintain a significant role within the social and political countries of the near future; certainly insufficient in the face of the of high birth rates of Islamic immigrants. ( Please spare me the migrant worker/immigrant name game. The difference does little more than point out the prejudices of the proponents of the word game ). That is a demographic fact. Further, Weigel points out that there is a subset wit...
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.