Groups such as the Napa Institute, the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Legatus, The Acton Institute — with big money backers like Timothy Busch, Sean Feiler, Frank Hanna, and the chief manipulator behind the black money curtain, Leonard Leo — have made Catholic-brand politics a reality. In a way few could have imagined a generation ago, they’ve stepped into, with huge amounts of money, the space in the public square that once was the domain of Catholic leadership.
They are the ones, with news outfits they fund and right-wing conferences at high-end venues, hosting the most extreme voices in church and state, who are fashioning the Catholic narrative for the wider culture. They are, as we've said in the past, the new magisterium for the U.S. church.
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