"It is one of the works of the church ... to teach about having a political culture," he continued. "There I countries -- I think of Latin America -- that are too politicized but they do not have a political culture."  

I am not sure I understand what that means. In the U.S., we are certainly politicized in a very confrontational and angry way at present. It seems as though anger and rejection drives the electorate rather than ideals and aspirations. There should be room for both, but one would hope we would be a visionary force, not simply ready to reduce the differences by way of personal attacks and venomous charges. And honestly, the political bickering of the Church is much the same. So I am not sure how the Church can teach about political culture. I am genuinely interested in others' thoughts on this.