By David Wemhoff
(This is the outline of a talk delivered August 25, 2020 in Sterling Heights, Michigan.)
Good evening and thanks for having me. I shall address as best I can the questions put to me about integralism and Americanism.
But first let’s recognize that today is the feast day of King St. Louis IX of France who reigned from 1226 to 1270. He is said to have ruled wisely and fairly, earned the trust of fellow rulers and countryman, exhibited the greatest charity, lived an exemplary Catholic life, served the church protecting her rights and fighting for her in two Crusades, and ushered in a golden age for France.[1] Certainly France was considered a Catholic Confessional State (CCS) under his reign, and today’s Catholic leaders would undoubtedly denounce him as a Nazi, a Fascist or maybe even a Communist but in any event authoritarian if not a tyrant.
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