By Regis Nicoll, Crisis Magazine - Catholics and pro-lifers who were shocked at the “knighthood” of Dutch politician and abortion activist Lilianne Ploumen into the Vatican’s Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Francis, shouldn’t have been… True, Ploumen’s militant support of abortion and homosexual rights (including $400 million for a “reproductive health”) is at odds with the purpose of the honor—to recognize personal service to the Catholic Church and Holy See—but her advocacy on climate change serves the pope on the issue he considers “a global problem with grave implications.”