So, here's the risk the Catholic bishops are taking (IMHO)

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5. It's a delicate dance

Everything you wrote is true, Catholics do privately pay lip service to a lot of what their church tells them to do. But the President is going to have to be careful to avoid openly dissing the bishops in a way that will incite a Catholic backlash.

Here's the problem: While Catholics like to pick and choose what they believe/follow, they are still filled with guilt about it. Most would never tell another Catholic to break any rules, and nearly none would tell the RCC organizations how to run their businesses when it comes to interpreting the rules. They actually think that these structures of their church are somehow "better" than they are, and have the right to make up sanctimonious shit.

It's one of the thousand reasons I'm no longer Catholic.