‘Transient Politics Versus Eternal Values’: Inside The Catholic Civil War

WASHINGTON—The mood at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast was reverent, polished, and familiar: suits and ties, rosaries tucked into jacket pockets, speeches invoking faith and public life. But just beneath the surface, a different conversation was unfolding. As bleary-eyed folks chatted at tables before the early-morning event, a growing divide within the conservative Catholic movement ...