McHale is not a conservative; hHe is a reactionary. It seems that his two favorite popes are Pius IX (with his Syllabus of Errors) and Pius X (with his crusade against "modernism"). McHale rejects large parts of Vatican I, Dignitatis Humanae in particular, because it contradicts Pius IX's saying that freedom of religion is "an insanity".

MCHale claims that the magisterium is static, and that teachings never change. He lives in a fantasy world.