I could not improve on this post by Diogenes if I tried. I will not then try, but will simply link it and thank him for writing it.
Read it in full.
UPDATE: The post makes reference to this excellent post by Father Neuhaus, too. Fr. Neuhaus has been providing some of the color commentary on EWTN, and his coverage there has been measured and polite, but he makes his opinions more fully known here.
Also well worth reading in full.