By Dr. Robert Royal, The Catholic Thing - When at certain seasons, I try to encourage people to get away, for a while, from the culture wars in the Church and the world, and the politicization of everything – and instead to read, look, or listen to something soul-enlarging – I often get one of two responses… On the traditionalist side, I’m told – who knew? – “we’re at war…” … On the progressive side, people also lecture me – about ivory-tower intellectualism – as if being interested in truth means you probably never DO (or care about) anything else. …