Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

by Paul L. Williams
Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

Among the Ruins: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Catholic Church

by Paul L. Williams

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Overview

This critical review of the Roman Catholic Church since the pivotal changes initiated in the 1960s by Vatican II paints a disturbing picture of decline and corruption. Dr. Paul L. Williams, a self-professed Tridentine or traditionalist Catholic, traces the various factors that have caused the Church to suffer cataclysmic losses in all aspects of its life and worship in recent decades. Williams illustrates the decline with telling statistics showing the stark difference between the robust number of clergy members, parishes, schools, and active church-going Catholics in 1965 versus the comparatively paltry number today. The author is highly critical of Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis for steering the church so far away from its traditional teachings and for a lack of oversight that allowed corruption to fester. Symptomatic of this failure of leadership are the recent pedophilia scandals, the ongoing financial corruption, a gay prostitution ring inside the Vatican, and criminal investigations of connections between the Holy See and organized crime.This unflinching critique from a devoted, lifelong Catholic is a wakeup call to all Catholics to restore their church to its former levels of moral leadership and influence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781633883048
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication date: 08/15/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 366
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Paul L. Williams, PhD, is a journalist and the author of Operation Gladio, The Vatican Exposed, Crescent Moon Rising, The Day of Islam, Osama's Revenge, and The Al Qaeda Connection, among other books. The winner of three first-place Keystone Press Awards for journalism, he has written articles for major news outlets, including USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and National Review. He has also served as a consultant for the FBI, editor and publisher of the Metro (Scranton, PA), and an adjunct professor of humanities at the University of Scranton.

Table of Contents

Apologia: The Long Procession 9

Chapter 1 The Grand Illusion 11

Chapter 2 The Seismic Shift 23

Chapter 3 The Catholic Masons 37

Chapter 4 Spiritual Suicide 53

Chapter 5 The Thing with Two Heads 71

Chapter 6 The Kiss of Judas 85

Chapter 7 Holy Mother Church's Sex Change 101

Chapter 8 Dissent Delusion, and Desertion 115

Chapter 9 A Criminal Organization 129

Chapter 10 Years of Lead 139

Chapter 11 Catholic Condor 149

Chapter 12 The Contagion of Corruption 161

Chapter 13 The Gay Church 171

Chapter 14 Year of Three Popes 179

Chapter 15 The Ambrosiano Affair 193

Chapter 16 The Box of Bones 207

Chapter 17 Vatican, Inc. 221

Chapter 18 Stealing from the Collection Plate, Living Large 231

Chapter 19 The Plague of Pedophilia 241

Chapter 20 The Mark of the Antichrist 253

Chapter 21 Resignation 265

Epilogue: You Can't Go Home Again 275

Notes 279

Index 335

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