"if election night proved anything, it is that we are not only two Americas, but two different American Catholic churches"  This is the strongest impression I have had this election season - seeing the extreme split among my Catholic relatives and friends which aligns more or less exactly along the political divide. This is in no small measure a result of the culture warrior clergy who gave a message very much unlike that of Pope Francis. Before we can contribute anything to healing the nation, we need to find a way to heal our own house. The extreme intolerance and nastiness of what we have just experienced doesn't offer a very high expectation for the possibility of dialogue between Catholics.