“They claim to have a different and extremely liberal interpretation of the canon regarding honoring politicians, but they are not openly disobeying that canon.”
A canon? Really? Adopted by what council or proclaimed, in your system, by what pope? Is the USCCB now a national synod empowered by Rome to establish disciplinary canons?
As for a schism, you’ve got one, de facto if not yet de jure, and the right wing will be the ones viewed as the schismatics.
You know what I mean, the position stated by USCCB regarding honoring or giving platform to anti-Catholics.
I think we have an internal schism that has not broken into the open yet, and I think USCCB will try their best to avoid it.
Naturally I would prefer the entire dreck of leftwing Catholicism to be anathemized, from the lavender bishops to the clown masses to Fr. Jenkins, but I don’t think the future developments will be as dramatic as that. We’ll see.
Viewed by whom? We're Catholics. What matters is who God, and his vicar, views as schismatic. Do you see any evidence that the Pope considers Bishop D'Arcy schismatic? Bishop Martino? Has he fired Abp. Burke yet from his position as head of the highest judicial organ in the church?