As so often happens, it is a lower level, lacking-in-any-major-power figure who quietly speaks the truth, while the ‘leaders’ of the Church fall in line to be part of the glitz and glamour of world[ly] ‘leaders’.
Excellent summation of the current sad state of affairs of the Caholic Church ‘leadership’.
“The floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops.” - St. Athanasius