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I think this article is actually making some very relevant points. John Allen's articles have not been your typical left-wing tripe as you would expect from the NCR. Now he is getting even better. First he points out that the pope is fundamentally liberal in a way that previous popes, even liberal ones like Paul VI, were not. Then he makes a very sophisticated analysis of liberal Western culture. Well, if he doesn't make it himself, at least he refers readers to where they can find it: Alastair Macintyre, David Schindler, et al. Have Catholics sold their birthright for a mess of pottage by embracing liberal enlightenment thought and politics? This question was buried under the tide of victory in WWII, but now it is coming back to the fore.