text: <<There is some pretty "out there" left wing theology..>>
  I suppose that's perspectival; but the right, at least in the church, tends to organize better than the left does. It would be pretty difficult to write an article about the Catholic left that enumerates groups, as the Wikipedia article did about traditional groups.
  I really don't have a problem with Burke challenging the pope. The church would be in a much better place today if there had been more of that during the Wojtyla/Ratzinger papacies. Of course, I think that it is Burke, not the pope, who is wrong in this instance. As I said in my first post, I don't think a schism would necessarily be a bad thing. Pope Francis is loved and respected around the world, and the People of God know who their pastor is. If Burke and his colleagues lead a group of like-mined believers out of the church, I don't see the harm. Let them go in peace. Francis is helping us to focus less on the law and more on the Gospel. Let's get on with it.