<<"Evangelical and Catholic integralists condemn traditional ecumenism and yet promote an ecumenism of conflict that unites them in the nostalgic dream of a theocratic type of state," write Spadaro and Figueroa.>>

Wow, exactly! The theocratic agenda of the religious right has long been apparent, including certain conservative Catholics determined to turn the United States into El Salvador. Their paranoia, distrust of expertise and contempt for the norms of a pluralistic, democratic republic are indeed dangerous, attested by the election of a shamelessly ignorant, authoritarian demagogue. I certainly didn't expect to find condemnation of this ideology expressed in the pages of  La Civiltà Cattolica! Amen!