Quote from article regarding interview with Ross Douthat of NY Times: The "shock" of Trump's election has focused the U.S. bishops, largely quiet on social and economic concerns over the past two decades, into a renewed energy against the administration's threat to immigrants, said the journalist.

Ummm.  The bishops have been "largely quiet on social and economic concerns of the past two decades"?  I don't think so.  There has been continued brouhaha over abortion, over contraceptives in health insurance, religious freedom of bishops to deny conscious rights to those who work for them, gay marriage, more.  

The bishops were so focused on their issues that they helped elect far right wingers who also happen to be racists, xenophobic, misogynists, etc.  (Of course, the bishops are misogynists, too.)  But Trump is the ultimate example of the kind of politician bishops supported because he said the right things on a few narrow issues.

Trump is the bed fellow they didn't expect, but got.