text: Well, by "conservative Catholics" I meant conservative Catholics. Obviously evangelicals bear an even greater responsibility in this debacle, but my concern here is with Catholic involvement.
  
  For those conservative Catholics who express a coherent religio-political ideology, it seems to me a reactionary, fundamentally undemocratic restorationist/theocratic/monarchical model. This would explain the astonishing complacency among conservative Catholics toward Russian interference in the election and Trump's admiration for and connections with Vladimir Putin. Indeed Putin is perceived by some (many?) Christians as a defender of white Western Christianity against the secular pluralism of democratic republics like the United States. It is not, as was feared by anti-Catholics of yore, that Catholic loyalty would reside with the Pope instead of the nation. Rather some prefer a dictator and thug who allies with the church. Ring a bell?