The politically correct dogma is: the Catholic Church is a horrible thing that has caused everything bad on the earth possibly excepting monsoons. (Although Goldhagen’s next book will probably make that link.) One heretic who doesn’t buy this dogma is H.W. Crocker, a convert from Anglicanism. His Triumph the Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church is a great book. Even if it means the kids don’t eat for a couple of days, you should go out and buy it. An example of his writing style:
“She was popularly known as the ‘goggle-eyed whore,’ but her given name was Anne Boleyn” p. 258