[Hermann the Cherusker]

During a turbulent, war-torn and tense era of Europe, Cardinal Rampolla worked actively on foreign policy during his service to Leo XIII. To the Cardinal’s credit, he reestablished the papacy’s relations with Germany. These were times of war, times in which Europe knew it was sitting on a powder keg.

Say what? This author obviously never took history. The pontificate of Pope Leo XIII is one of the most peaceful on record since the time of the fall of the Roman Empire in the west.

Rather than being a tense and worn torn time, the 35 year period between the Balkans Wars of 1878 and the renewal of the Balkans Wars in 1913 was one of unparalleled peace and prosperity for all of Europe.

What is this guy smoking?

[Catholicguy]

"What is this guy smoking? "

Rumours abound that some sectarians use Northern Californian Sensimilla in their Thuribles. Perhaps Bishop Murray of the Bushwood Independent Chapel of The Traditionalists of Eternal Rome can be contacted via an email, or seance, and we can learn the truth.