I'm very proud and thankful for every Catholic FReeper who voted in agreement with Free Republic's brand of conservatism in the voting booth last Tuesday. But that's a far cry from saying that FR is a "conservative Catholic site." The "social teaching" aspect of Catholic doctrine diverges from FR on a number of aspects.
“Catholic social ministry begins and ends with Jesus Christ,” he said. “If it doesn’t, it isn’t Catholic.” Archbishop Chaput