Practically every movie that shows the pope or even a bishop as a character, and in much of western literature of the last 300 or 400 years, these are portrayed as awful figures.
Michael NovakIn most of history, societies have not been free. It's a very rare society that is free. The default condition of human societies is tyranny.
Michael NovakChristians must be Jews. The truth of what we believe depends on the truth of Judaism, depends on the first covenant.
Michael NovakTo persuade thinking persons in Eastern Europe that Central American Marxists - the Sandinistas, the guerillas in El Salvador - are in absurd and tragic error is not difficult. Poles and Czechs and Hungarians can hardly believe, after what they experienced under socialism, that other human beings would fall for the same bundle of lies, half-truths, and distortions. Sadly, however, illusion is often sweeter to human taste than reality. The last marxist in the world will probably be an American nun.
Michael Novak