What the bishops crave - and what the Clinton operatives are really writing about - is a return to an old authoritarianism that should no longer exist in the Church - at least not in the papacy of Pope Francis.  The bishops really lament the fact that when they say something about politics (and the pro-life discussion has been mainly political for a long time), most Catholics simply ignore them.  That is a good thing.  If those bishops don't get it, I won't shed any tears for them - but instead for the unity of the Church (which they have almost destroyed).