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Agreed.

However, it makes one wonder at what kind of vetting process takes place not only with respect to awards given but in the appointment of bishops?

It was entirely appropriate for the archbishop of Chicago to warn an Italian Catholic organization against giving honors to an American public figure who opposes the Church's teachings. This is a matter of faith and morality, not "politics."