The Catholic church is moving left very quickly. Between the “Technology is bad” statement from the Vatican, to the softening on divorce and gays, to their stated goal for open immigration into non Catholic countries.
It hurts a lot of Catholic Freepers when I say that, but the majority of Catholics will line up for the Dems.
Because of Trump, we will probably see Texas flip this election cycle.
You bring up a good point with the leftward lean. The question begs, will the “faithful” roll their eyes, believe on, and endure this pontiff until he retires or passes and hang on for someone more akin to John Paul to replace him. That IMHO is the Million Dollar question.