Yes, Acton is part of the vast right-wing kleptocracy that has captured the fifth floor of the USCCB. I did not think anyone would be surprised at their pressence or the idiocy they resort to in service to their wealthy benefactors. Any natural law reasoning they propound is to serve their benefactors, just as Trad theologians serve the Holy See, rather than reason, in their sophistry. Francis has both groups perplexed. So does reason using evidence rather than first principles. Still, there is some evidence Francis does not seem to have seen.

About the review, Americanism can be two things. One is as heresy, which states that Catholic doctrine must be different in America because it is a free society. Actually, this is true when you are talking about how law is made and how abortion law cannot be made. That is a strenght, not a heresy, and it is a guard agaisnt phony natural law reasoning used to justify the reputation of the Holy See rather than find the truth.