I sometimes wonder whether the “sign of peace” routine wasn’t contrived by some hardened enemy of the Church.
On Frank Meyer:
In his last illness, Meyer struggled with the momentous decision of whether to convert to Catholicism. Bill [Buckley] was a tireless emissary between Meyer and various confidantes. Bill reports that Meyer, from his bed of woe, complained that “the only remaining intellectual obstacle to his conversion was the collectivist implication lurking in the formulation ‘the communion of saints’ in the Apostles’ Creed.”