Mel Gibson is not a reactionary Catholic like, say, Robbie George or Rick Santorum. He is a supporter of a tiny faction in the church that wants to return totally to pre-Vatican II norms, to restore the notion - mercifully consigned to history by the Second Council - of the Jewish people somehow bearing collective responsibility for the execution of Jesus of Nazareth, of autocratic nineteenth century papal control, and on and on. And in this, he has many supporters, many located at a site...
Published on July 21, 2010 07:33