Americanism Triumphant: The National Catholic Register Celebrates the Synthesis of Catholicism and Liberalism
National Catholic Register portal reports on a commentary by Tim Busch, founder of the Napa Institute, celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The article argues for a reciprocal enrichment: Catholics built America, and America — through religious liberty, lay activism, and the Second Vatican Council — strengthened the Church. It cites the Carroll family, John F. Kennedy, the current Catholic vice president and Supreme Court justices, Jesuit Father John Courtney Murray, and modern lay apostolates as evidence. This panegyric to Americanism constitutes a formal repudiation of the Social Kingship of Christ and the Syllabus of Errors, baptizing liberal democracy as the providential vessel of the Faith.
