Hey, Asa?

Remember a while back when we were talking about Zarqawi and the terrorists in Iraq and all that good stuff, and I mentioned how, wouldn't it be interesting if there was a guy out there who hated democracy and progress and modern concepts of freedom and rights, BUT he was also adamantly opposed to blowing up buses and cop cars to reach his goals?

Well, I just realized that this type of non-violent medievalist does exist, and he's been right under our noses the whole time.

It's the Pope!

All churches are traditionalist to some degree, but the Roman Catholic Church is the most traditionalist of them all. And while the modern church is quite pacifist and uniform in its non-violent beliefs, it is, nevertheless, anti-progress (although I suppose it is for a type of Age of Faith-ish, spiritual progress...).