The American Spectator

p> CHURCH MATTERS br> Re: George Neumayr’s God Is My Pilot ; Roy Hogue’s, Joseph Baum’s, and Pete Chagnon’s letters (under “Not the Marrying Kind?”) in Reader Mail’s Orthodox Positions ; Vincent Chiarello’s letter (“Meaning No Disrespect”) in Reader Mail’s Audience Participation ; and Jeremy Lott’s Don’t Let Them Marry : /p> p>Just a quick word of praise for George Neumayr’s article on the new Pope: right on! (oh boy — dating myself!). I am a fairly strict Calvinist who has watched the American Catholic Church become infected with the dread germ of liberal secularism… the disease that has so sapped my own tradition. The Roman Church’s centralized system of governance has staunched the leakage via the godly leadership of JPII. It now looks as if the trend towards orthodoxy just might continue and even thrive (in part due to the work of great missionaries in both of our traditions). God is good! The Gates will not prevail for they are built upon lies as are the false doctrines assailing the church catholic. Keep up the good work. br> — Col. Hugh MacKenzie