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Above: the Lateran Treaty, establishing Vatican City. The financing of the Italian clergy represents one of the most insidious and sophisticated tools through which the state, particularly the Italian state (but also supranational institutions that view the Church as merely a means of social engineering), has gradually subjected the Catholic Church to its own interests….

I’ve never understood cultural Catholicism. If you extract belief while keeping the trappings of a Catholic faith devoid of, well, faith, you end up with one of the lamest country clubs around. The members aren’t cool. Their musical tastes are cringe. They may have some ethnic affiliation and a rich cultural history, but they are…

Have you ever had one of those jarring moments when the lyrics of a song you once jammed to as a kid suddenly hit you with grown-up clarity? Maybe it was hearing Free Bird and suddenly realizing the masses in your high school were swaying to a breakup anthem. Or perhaps at your kids’ Catholic…