My “America” interview was with Thomas Stahel, not Thomas Reese. Apologies. It was over a decade ago and I got my Jesuit Toms mixed up. But it was the same magazine Reese went on to edit. And it was then and still is a model of balanced argument and reasoned debate. It was and is by no means a radical magazine. And that reinforces the key point about Ratzinger. It isn’t just error he wants to stamp out in the Church; it is reasoned and faithful and moderate discussion of issues that are not subject to infallible direction. I look forward to Michael Novak’s defense of this appalling act of censorship and control.

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