It seems to me, as a neutral observer ( not a Catholic but conversant with Catholicism all my life ) that Francis is on an accelerating path towards the destruction of the Roman Catholic Church .
What I’m saying is, that he shocks ME, and officially, it’s none of my business!
Seriously. Imagine how shocking it is from the inside!
But I’m confident orthodoxy will eventually triumph....if we believed Christ’s Church could be destroyed by a bad Pope, we couldn’t really call ourselves Catholic anymore.
Demographically, as well, this seems to be the last gasp of liberalism in the Church. Its adherents are entrenched, yes, and very powerful, but also old and dying. There are no hordes of young, liberal Catholics to succeed them
All the young scrappy fighting spirit now is in the traditionalist camp. Francis, like Obama, is provoking a huge backlash.