There are a number of important points in this article, but the one that really jumped out at me is the influence of one man, Carl Anderson, in contrast to the entire Catholic developing world.  Carl may speak for the US culture warriors, but who speaks for the African poor whose lives are actually impacted by the decisions made by US catholic culture warriors?  Money talks at the Vatican, and conservative money very loudly.

The second point that I found important is the influence/control the KofC has over the dissemination of Catholic media and view point.  I am not surprised that they have a joint venture with OD.  No matter what John Allen thinks, whether it's overt or just subconscious, the editorial voice of Crux is very different than it was under the Boston Globe.  Money talks, and conservative money talks very loudly and through many forms of media.