This is a statement of fact. In the Philippines for example, political popular mobilizations are marked by Eucharistic celebrations. As a participant in these rallies, she took part in several Masses in a day and even recited decades of the Holy Rosary.
Political involvement is worship.
Traditional forms of piety have become symbols of political protest. Social involvement has been, is, and will always be part of the Church's mission of integral evangelization. The Church is a policy stakeholder in the public realm, whether one likes it or not. Moreover, it could be proposed for the sake of discussion that certain aspects of democratic thought, is fundamentally incompatible with some basic tenets of Catholicism. An important element in democratic theory is the belief in the sovereignty and auto-nomy of the individual.