According to an article on the website "Enlightened Catholicism", link, Catholic Bishops have said very little about economic justice because "many bishops fear that speaking loudly about economic issues would help Democrats and undermine their alliance with the Republican Party on issues like gay marriage, abortion, and religious liberty."

Indeed, the Koch Brothers just donated one million dollars to The Catholic University of Amrica. link

The author thus concludes:



But it's getting more obvious that too many of our bishops have a relationship not with Jesus, but with advancing their personal status. Otherwise why would they be concerned about hurting their GOP and business friends?