The Voice of the Trumpet: A Life of Bishop Richard Williamson in Four Movements

A beast and a dinosaur to some an extremist to the mainstream Church and media and a hero to loving and loyal admirers Bishop Richard Williamson is likely the most loved and hated Catholic cleric since the American Radio Priest of the 1930s. Either way it is impossible to avoid him. In this charming - and in its own right provocative - account his friend and confidant of nearly 30 years explains why. Beginning with the twin origins of Williamsons family in America and England and covering his youth adolescence schooling path to Catholicism the priesthood and the Society of St. Pius X White then explores the most controversial and engaging of the bishops views as expressed over a decades-long career of pedagogy and polemics. The work is sure to delight inform entertain and (for some) infuriate. Not to be missed in any case.