text: But what leads you to think him not sincere? Why must those we disagree with be portrayed as evil/deplorable/disreputable/hypocritical? Can't they just be wrong?
  
  Burke appears to be acting from principle, and to have done so at some sacrifice. Would it not seem obvious that he reveres the institution of the Papacy? That's a part of traditional Catholicism too. I imagine him to be in great distress over this.
  
  You don't have to agree with him to see that possibility.