text: Michael,
  
  You are closer to Mr Bannon than you think.  I read your article and my jaw drops about how little you actually know about the typical American parish (...there isn't one).  You really need to get out of your DC cathedral experience and get around the country to see who fills the pews.  If you think bishops or avg lay American dont know the value of the poor, then you are perhaps more aloof than Mr Bannon.  
  
  And here's an unrelated tip: stop congratulating yourself in your articles.  Whether your talk in Austria was well-received or not, is 1) your own opinion 2) dependent on the particular audience (Austrian bishops...ok) and 3) completely superfluous.  Arrogance is never good in a article purporting to be Catholic.