Probably because you haven't read a lot of Catholic publications. I would imagine almost every HN reader would strongly agree with these for example: Vatican

Probably because you haven't read a lot of Catholic publications. I would imagine almost every HN reader would strongly agree with these for example: Vatican U.N. Diplomat Warns Against Increasing Dehumanization of Warfare http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/vatican-u-n-diplomat-warns-against-increasing-dehumanization-of-warfare http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/vatican-u-n-diplomat-warns-... U.S. denominations, key Catholic bishop advocate for open Internet http://ncronline.org/news/art-media/us-denominations-key-catholic-bishop-advocate-open-internet http://ncronline.org/news/art-media/us-denominations-key-cat... The Church consistently advocates for protection of the environment, abolishment of the death penalty, for education, for research in medical and science fields, and so on. The Church doesn't fit into traditional labels like "right" or "left"; or "liberal" "conservative."