[markomalley]

Nice article. Pity more of the bishops aren’t in line with authentic social doctrine...including subsidiarity.

[Kolokotronis]

You know, that term “subsidiarity” is appearing with increasing frequency in articles or comments made by Catholics with conservative political leanings, often attributing to the concept a meaning which is rather at odds with the teachings of the Popes, for example, Quadragesimo Anno which finally framed the proper context within which the term should be used, which is a sort of soft socialism. Its worth reading if one wants to understand the “authentic social doctrine” of The Church:

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno_en.html