PositiveThe National ReviewConventional histories portray a stupid and stubborn Catholic Church standing athwart history yelling \'Stop\' — to all of it. This is a partial truth. Weigel presents the story as Catholicism’s journey from reaction to a stance that was \'more coherent, less defensive, and more influential in shaping the course of world affairs.\' As with all Weigel’s writing, this story is well told — richly illustrated with lively anecdotes, cogent summaries of complex ideas, and revealing quotations.
