text: I know that for some, like this bishop, the voting trends in democracies seems a terrifying thing.  I'd suggest that for all of us, it might be good to drop back a few steps and recognize something.  These kinds f votes reflect a profound dissatisfaction in the way things have been long done, coupled with some fear, and a great deal of mistrust in our old systems.
  
  Why is this bishop so dismayed?  Might it be that he's part of a system that has itself lost the trust of not only the public, but Catholics themselves?  Might it not be that the church has long had tentacles into governments worldwide, and sees this trend to be a threat to the church's hard earned power structure?  Is it really as simple as he doesn't like populism, or might this really be a bit of fear that people in democracies actually might go in a direction not approved by bishops,  suggesting a growing irrevelance for his caste?
  
  Or is he angling for a job as a political pundit on the French version of CNN?