text: No one denies there are elements in both party platforms that correspond with Church teaching ("the environment" became topical under Pope Francis). You shifted the goalposts from whether the USCCB is politically affiliated with the GOP to a generic narrative of what the bishops "proclaim." It's as if history never happened. The fact is the US bishops have been aligned with the Republican party ever since Reagan and the emergence of the Christian right. Why is that so hard for you (the specific you of Pandora17) to admit?