It appears many bishops are willing to enter an unofficial Concordat with Trump. In exchange for his patronage of parochial schools and a “pro-life” agenda (in the narrowest sense) they support his reelection and indulge his claim 2 b “the most pro-Catholic president in history.”

When I was being confirmed many years ago, the bishop loved to ask us if we knew what moral courage was. Now it is getting harder and harder to find a bishop who could answer the question, let alone live the answer.