As a lifelong Catholic I can state there is absolutely no shortage of far left liberals in my Church. One need to look no further than the likes of the Kennedys, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelousy, and countless others. But there are also a large number of prominent Catholic conservatives in the Conservative Movement and the GOP as well.
The Catholic Church is not a political party. When I attend Mass I do not expect to hear a lecture on politics. But sometimes we get one. When they talk about life issues, I am generally in agreement, although I support the death penalty and my Church does not. And I am absolutely appalled at the position my Church has taken on the topic of illegal immigration.
The current Pope is certainly a liberal, but his past predecessor was quite conservative on questions of Church policy. I think the best policy is to stick with what is written in the Bible and avoid politics altogether.
There are some who suggest that conservatives such as myself should leave the Catholic Church altogether. Yet when I look around at most other churches, especially the mainline Protestant churches, I see the liberals gaining ground there as well.
So....I’m staying put in my pew.
Gasp!
We have them in my Baptist church too. They are in the minority though.
It would be best if they did. I remember some years ago one visiting priest gave a sermon excoriating Republicans and Bush. A large number of people (including yrs truly) got up and walked out. The pastor apparently told the rest of the priests to muzzle it, because for several years thereafter the liberal extreme viewpoints were not explicitly stated. New pastor, and now the sermons hit things like immigration, and briefly alluded to "gun violence"