I don’t hold hands, etc. If a priest preaches anything political candidate the church can lose its tax-free status — so it’s not done.
The Kennedys, sad to say, were CINOs, Catholics in name only. They, nor Pelosi, etc. represent true Catholicism.
By what one believes is shown by what one does, and Rome treated and treats such as members in life and in death, as Kennedy examples. The pope even thanked him for his prayers, and offered no reproof to this impenitent soul, and gave him an apostolic blessing, and a church funeral, thus teaching others how Rome sees such.