The Church’s Orwellian propaganda and Pope Francis’s lame attempt to tame secularism — The hallmark of Catholic discourse is casuistry: “specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, especially in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry.” Catholic casuistry, though, extends far beyond morality, into matters of history and theology. The reason for the Catholic’s resort to specious reasoning is clear: Catholics…