I note that in the text of this speech, Archbishop Chaput refers to then-Senator Kennedy’s 1960 address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association.  +Chaput delivered a critique of Kennedy’s speech several years ago, and in that critique, +Chaput demonstrated a very shallow understanding of the relationship between religion and politics and between church and state; worse he failed to acknowledge, still less account for, the historical and theological context in which Kennedy spoke.  The same shallow thinking is evident here.  I don’t regard +Chaput as a serious thinker, at least with respect to these issues.  I suspect that in the age of Pope Francis, a small but growing number of bishops will not follow where +Chaput wants to lead them.  I trust that many of his priests and most of his people will ignore him.  This is not the age of the culture warrior; God willing, we won’t see it again.  This sort of stuff used to make me angry; now it just makes me tired.