Clericalism in the Catholic Church

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Has any mumsnetters got examples of Clericalism in the Catholic Church? We hear the terms quote a lot but how does it manifest itseld?

Gosh, very Catholic household here and don't really know what you mean...

yes, please explain!!

From wikipedia: though possibly clear as mud!

Clericalism is the application of the formal, church-based, leadership or opinion of ordained clergy in matters of either the church or broader political and sociocultural import. In a pejorative manner, "clericalism" is often used to denote an ecclesiolatry approach to issues beyond the church by either clergy or their supporters while the term has also been applied in a pejorative manner to describe the cronyism and cloistered political environs of the Church?mainly in reference to the Roman Catholic Church.

Outside of Catholicism, clericalism is used to denote the divisions between ordained clergy and lay leaders in some churches while the older meaning of the term?an application of church-based theory or thought to secular issues?seems rather lost in most current uses of the term.