[JustSayNoToNannies]

The bishops forgot about the Catholic principle of subsidiarity - government shouldn't do what private citizens and organizations can do.

[hinckley buzzard]

One inconvenient truth is that the church is relatively unconcerned with worldly freedoms for the individual. There is little precedent, for example, of the RCC supporting true democratic movements abroad, as opposed to supporting collectivist "social justice" movements. This is not an oversight or a simple error on their part.

The kind of individualism inspired by Christ's message of the sacred worth of every person, has little significance for the magisterium. Not that they are against people having freedoms and self governance, they just aren't impressed that for the salvation of the soul it is all that big a deal.

Maybe they are right--I'm no theologian and IDK. but it only illustrates that the RCC should not be expected to be a vigorous advocate against big government, except when their "matters of conscience" are threatened.