MGB:_Americanism was and is a bit of a red herring. It is not that Americans seek a divergent morality (although there are those here who believe in reform, as in Europe), but that how a constitutional republic reponds to such issues needs to be considered, although the latter was soft pedaled until Dignitas Personae made the ”heresy” a matter of canon law. No Democratic politician as had the skill to link abortion pluralism with Dignitas, but I suspect some will. They should certainly use it to then explain the details about Roe as constitutional rather than legilstive issue to Rome and why its repeal would represent Catholic mob rule.
It is amazing how the forces of reaction tried to control things and the reformers were able to out-flank them, including in Amiercain government with Msgr. Ryan helping draft Social Security. After the war, America had a Catholic moment where the Church enjoyed a great deal of cultural power, usually on the reactionary-side. It could not withstand the radicalism of the late fifties and after. While Cardinals may have led reactionaries in the past, there now seems to be a more even split. This year’s elections will be a classic example of this.
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