<"God not only acts through the lives of individual people, but through the historical processes of peoples and nations. Even the most complex and intricate ones.">

Well, yes, that's Catholic theology 101. 

“[T]he more recent documents of the Church bring together the demands of truth with those of love in a very balanced way. If at times in the past, love shone forth too little in the explanation of the truth, so today the danger is great that in the name of love, truth is either to be silenced or compromised. Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable. But it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. 

In the end, only the truth can be pastoral. “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (Jn. 8:32).”
(Cardinal Ratzinger; 1998)