Against the Grain

is the title of an interesting blog, self-described as "occasional notes by the guy who maintains the '(Cardinal) Ratzinger Fan Club'" [unofficial].

Cardinal Ratzinger, of course, is often polemicized as the Grand Inquisitor or Guard Dog of Orthodoxy, but is in point of fact a devout servant of the People of God who should be recognized (in the words of the above-mentioned blogger) "both as brilliant Catholic theologian but also as a man whose faith, honesty, integrity, and unswerving devotion to the Truth is readily apparent."

The devotion of Against the Grain to a substantive exploration and exposition of the Truth is itself readily apparent and most admirable.