 In France political feeling tends to be more polarized , more extreme , and far more deeply felt than in England . It can only be understood in the light of the French Revolution and subsequent history ... At the risk of a serious over @-@ simplification , it is reasonable to state that up to the Second World War Catholicism in France tended to be identified with right @-@ wing politics and anti @-@ Catholicism with the left ... [ Lefebvre 's ] own alleged right @-@ wing political philosophy is nothing more than straight @-@ forward Catholic social teaching as expounded by the Popes for a century or more ... 
