Nobody's picking on Catholics here. They're citing a renegade bishop who is supposed to be an American but he's using his citizenship of the Vatican as an excuse to break the law. If the Vatican wants my respect it will rebuke him.
"The Catholics" aren't even involved in this.
He's not a "renegade." Archbishop Gomez is only the latest in a line of bishops who have stated they will ignore any law that seeks to criminalize their ministry to anybody, legal or illegal.
One thing this has done has put Sensenbrenner, King, Hyde, etc. back on their heels, as they're all scrambling to reassure everybody that they will specifically remove the offensive language as well as the felony provision from HR 4437.
Point of information: is Abp. Gomez a citizen of the Vatican? I don't think so. Citizenship is limited to the population of the Vatican, which is 932 (2006 est.) I think Gomez is a U.S. citizen.