Fifty years ago, segregation and therefore autocracy, was the law - and not just in the South. Racism practiced officially is the very definition of autocracy. Sexism too. In 1948, Catholics were not strong promoters of democracy either, as they were still silencing John Courtney Murray for defending freedom of thought. A sizeable minority of the current bishop's conference is not totally on board, especially when it comes to sexism in all its forms (and not just including ordination).
Economic and social liberty both have their values and neither can exist on their own, human nature being what it is. The Church is still deficient in the latter. The right of conscience is not merely about applying morality, it is about forming it. No Catholic should speak about resisting identity politics while "Catholic Identity" is still considered a thing. Note the IRONY of the title of this essay.
The Catholic Church needs to love union so much that it lets them organize in all of their schools and universities. For it to be truly useful, it needs to draw a line in the sand about supporting the reauthorization of the Child Tax Credit in Build Back Better as must-pass scored pro-life legislation - as well as calling to make it both higher, adjusted for inflation and PERMANENT!
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