It's not everyday a Catholic Archbishop advocates an invasion to overthrow a government, or says that he's ready to lead the people, "guns blazing" to do so.
But in the case of the brutal dictatorship of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, that's what it's come to.
Nonetheless, it was still jarring this summer to hear Archbishop Pius Ncube, the head of Zimbabwe's one million Catholics, openly call on Britain, the former colonial power, to invade the country: "I think it is justified for Britain to raid Zimbabwe and remove Mugabe," he told Western reporters. "We should do it ourselves but there's too much fear. I'm ready to lead the people, guns blazing, but the people are not ready." But that may be slowly changing.
Stand Firm in Faith, which is one of my favorite sites, has the whole story. Be sure to read the whole thing. Fascinating.