You’re attacking a straw man. In my earlier posts, I was very plain that speculating CAN be virtuous, comparing Joseph, son of Isaac to a speculator.
It's to bad that no one in authority in your church can tell your leader he's wrong on this issue and many others. It's the problem of a hierarchy.
I imagine that a great many RC's are pretty disgusted with him aligning himself and your church with the palestinians against the Israelis, or the allowing muslims to offer prayers from the quran in your churches, but we all know nothing will be done about it.
Your hierarchy is under the control of leftists and all good RC's will grumble about it, but in the end they will fall in line.