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

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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. Apologia: The Long Procession Chapter One: The Grand Illusion Chapter Two: The Seismic Shift Chapter Three: The Catholic Masons Chapter Four: Spiritual Suicide Chapter Five: The Thing with Two Heads Chapter Six: The Kiss of Judas Chapter Seven: Holy Mother Church's Sex Change Chapter Eight: Dissent, Delusion, and Desertion Chapter Nine: A Criminal Organization Chapter Ten: Years of Lead Chapter Eleven: Catholic Condor Chapter Twelve: The Contagion of Corruption Chapter Thirteen: The Gay Church Chapter Fourteen: Year of Three Popes Chapter Fifteen: The Ambrosiano Affair Chapter Sixteen: The Box of Bones Chapter Seventeen: Vatican, Inc. Chapter Eighteen: Stealing from the Collection Plate, Living Large Chapter Nineteen: The Plague of Pedophilia Chapter Twenty: The Mark of the Antichrist Chapter Twenty-One: Resignation Epilogue: You Can't Go Home Again Notes Index