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It is very sad to see how this writer thinks. He presumes that the 20 couples who were married were all in a state of mortal sin, and the Pope was condoning that. I don’t see how the writer can logically come to that conclusion.

Secondly, papal HR tea-leaf readers would be better served by focusing their attention less on curial politics, and more on their own souls.

Finally, the fear-mongering regarding (former) Fr. Martin and his prophesy is very near to scandalous. For the record, “In 1965, Mr. Martin received a dispensation from all privileges and obligations deriving from his vows as a Jesuit and from priestly ordination’ (Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, 25 June 1997, Prot. N. 04300/65)”

So let us remember the promise Jesus made to St. Peter, that gates of hell will not prevail against His church.

"St. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226): There will be an uncanonically elected pope who will cause a great Schism, there will be divers thoughts preached which will cause many, even those in the different orders, to doubt, yea even agree with those heretics which will cause My order to divide, then will there be such universal dissentions and persecutions that if these days were not shortened even the elect would be lost"

For your consideration. There have been others as well.