I find it interesting in this so-called top down church ... that all the social magisterium's scathing statements about capitalism can be disappeared by both lay and clerics ... with no repercussions - yet people (including lay) can be fired for not being "pro-life" in a sufficiently restricted manner ... that is advocating for ecological justice so we avoid cataclysmic catastrophe for our species and numerous others - that is already underway causing millions to suffer and die.  This although both St. John Paul II and Benedict, as well as Francis say environmental devastation is to be treated as a "pro-life" issue.

The tiniest hint of being sane and compassionate around contraception and inclusion of the LGBT community draws howls ... and claims that we are being persecuted are made.  Yet ignoring our actual teachings about desecration of  God's Creation and address the causes of the structural sins (so called by St. John Paul II) are somehow considered to be okay.  Why? Who benefits