text: With regard to one reference in the article made aslant, viz. John Podesta's leaked e-mails, "some of which relegate Catholic beliefs to the 'middle ages'": It should be clear that neither Podesta nor any of his Catholic correspondents, e.g. Jennifer Palmieri, meant that ALL Catholic beliefs are obsolete and deserve to be dismissed and passed over. They should not be accused of doubting ANY Catholic beliefs without asking them directly. And we for our part should acknowledge that "Catholic beliefs" do not all deserve the same respect or adherence, some of them being relatively parvenu and ill-founded. From what I can see, they were trying to encourage one another to be part of a great good in the church today, to question structures of authority. If they have high hopes for e.g. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a most worthy group, then good for them!, say I.