[tanknetter]

Catholics are indeed often socialist,

Being a Jesuit-educated Episcopalian (so I guess a two-time loser for the purposes of this thread), people need to recall that the RCC's movement to Socialism is a reaction to the abuses the Church has engaged in over the centuries.

For instance, the Jesuits who taught the various theology and history classes I took didn't like my pointing out that their explicit (so something they actually stated) embrace of Liberation Theology as atonement for the Church's membership in Central/South American "Iron Triangles" (coalition of the Church, wealthy landowners and dictatorial strongmen designed to keep the peasants in their proper place) was a complete overreaction that would ultimately do much more harm than good ...

[wizardoz]

I’m sure your explanation of the phenomenon is correct. My only point is that Christianity and conservatism are not synonymous — despite what some Freepers claim.