This editorial is "time capsule" material--a well-done expression of where the Church in America "was" in July 2017:  "distortion for political purposes." 

I wonder what our immigrant great grandparents would think of the Church today, so conveniently cozy with those fundamental religions that mocked, demeaned, and degraded them for their Cult of Catholicism, blind obedience to Rome, statue worshiping,  anti-American, and anti-democratic ways. "Small price (TrumPence?) to pay for a few votes on 'cultural issues"?  

And I wonder what our ancestors would say if they could observe the validation of religious elitism and wealth evidenced by the Napa Institute?

The folks at Napa tell us American Catholics  have been too-easily co-opted by a hedonistic, self-celebratory culture. I guess they are right. But it has so little to do with sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

What do you do after you dumb down morality?