Modern Catholics are, in fact, extremely liberal. The root of “liberal” is the Latin “liber” or to allow, among other things. Allow implies a pre-existing prohibition, rule, belief, etc. So to claim to be a liberal is really saying that you have no problem going against what has been prohibited. That is why in the face of so many prohibitions by Church teaching, modern Catholics tend to be far left. We have had decades of brain washing that have lead us to this point. Let it be clear: the object of charity is always God, not man. It is not charitable to allow or worse, encourage immoral behavior. That is really indifferentism. We are saying we really don’t care what happens to a person’s soul. He or she is free to do what feels good with the justification that God “knows what is in his or her heart, it is not for me to judge”. However, that is simply a cop out. If God is the object of charity, then by remaining silent we become accomplices in actions that are hurtful to God. We are all responsible for upholding the Faith and even though we cannot control what another person does, we should never cover up our failure to stand up for Truth by claiming “enlightenment” or “understanding” or “forgiving”. We cannot forgive other’s sins against God; we cannot understand as God understands and we cannot claim enlightenment when there has been no such event. This is not about judging people, lets please put that to rest finally. It is about judging actions which we are actually always supposed to do. How else are we supposed to know what kind of behavior to avoid?? We do not judge a murderer but rather judge the act of murder.
The Universal that is referred to is supposed to mean applicable to all, everywhere and at all times. It does not imply the inclusion of all points of view because some of those views are simply incompatible with the Catholic Faith.