I know you have a good sense of the relative importance of material vs spiritual concerns, Sean. I didn’t mean my comment to come off as criticism of you. But I see many Catholic folks who place an inordinate amount of emphasis on political issues. As if maybe if all these political issues were resolved adequately, we would all be living in paradise on earth. I have seen this tendency cross all possible ecclesiastical positions. Pope Pius XI gets a good amount of criticism for throwing the Cristeros under the bus. But maybe he was right after all? If they were closer to being revolutionaries than legitimately elected/appointed government representatives, then we would have to conclude that the pope was right. If it was a cινιℓ ωαr and they had some legitimate claim to authority then we could say the pope was mistaken. But regardless of the actual circuмstances, the principle remains the same. Catholics don’t rebel against legitimate authority even when the authority is persecuting the Church.
I support all efforts to reform government along the lines of Catholic moral principles as long as those efforts don’t violate any Catholic principles. Too much distrust of authority is not a healthy thing. As much as I find our laws appalling with regard to abortion, ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity and other moral issues, I would hate to see a cινιℓ ωαr break out. In the end we will find out that the utopia we had hoped for is not worth all the evils we suffered to obtain it.
Our faith and the love of Jesus and Mary on the other hand is worth dying for.