My first thought reading the "...Catholic intellectual apostolate..." sentence was, the Catholic intellectual apostolate had better work darned hard to get its own house in order first,  with issues like exclusion of women from consideration of ministry and meaningful leadership, the hypocritical stance of a close-majority of gay clerics still waging war on gay relationships among the laity, the yet-to-be disciplined supervisory bishops who protected sex offenders, the wanton use of donations for a) political causes, and b) plain old greed.  Oh, and let's not forget the practical, if not named, schism of Traditionalists vs Progressives.  

Our house is in many ways as offensive to those who view the world through the Gospel as is any political movement's.