Commentary
In this season of Advent, during a visit to the magnificent 900-year-old Christian Cathedral in Brecon, Wales, I couldn’t help recalling that, throughout human history, people who look to God before Caesar have often found themselves in harms way.
One of the most vicious modern assaults on Christianity came in the form of France’s first state-sponsored secular religion, the revolutionary “Cult of Reason.” In its wake, attacks on the traditional order and the Catholic Church picked up considerable momentum.
Since Christmas Day 1914, when the Christian spirit of peace descended on troops and briefly interrupted hostilities between opposing armies in World War I, forces on the left have pursued a persistent campaign against people of faith….