Catholicism at Year Zero

I’ve taken a little time off from obsessive coverage of things Catholic since the invitation to argument (that sounds better than “declaration of war,” right?) I issued to certain Catholic academics and my First Things lecture on conservative Catholicism’s Francis-era crisis. But now that we’re in the New Year I want to respond to one of the most in-depth rejoinders to my forays, which was supplied by John W. Martens of the University of Saint Thomas, writing for America Magazine.