Liberal Catholicism, Beyond the Caricatures

Douthat laments that the mainstream media presents conservative Catholics “as a monolith,” when in fact the movement comes in various shapes and sizes. He points to the significant differences between John Paul II Catholics comfortable with Vatican II and more traditionalist groups who long for a restoration of pre-Vatican II certainties and practices. Fair enough. Yet “liberal” Catholicism, which Douthat himself tends to present “as a monolith,” also comes in various shapes and sizes.