I have zero clue what I am talking about, so everything I’m about to say is just stream of consciousness and shouldn’t be read as some academic or well informed insight. Most practicing Catholics I know that aren’t in the clergy themselves are more traditionalist and radical these days. It also doesn’t surprise me that a number of Catholics seek to establish a strain of radicalism in the face of a growing Christian orthodoxy. It seemed the last decade or two, the Catholic Church felt pressure from a more progressive world and attempted to adapt to ensure long term relevancy, but now Christian Orthodoxy is growing, and the social landscape among believers and young Catholics is generally more conservative, so the pressure is now on from the other side.

Molly did an interview about the Bund on the Majority Report some weeks (months?) ago, and yeah, definitely a ‘best of’ interview. Highly recommend to listen if you aren’t sure you’re going to read her whole book.