The leftism of Pope Francis has been widely noted, and there is currently a controversy about the Pope’s removal of a conservative bishop (Joseph Strickland) in Texas. But there is evidence that while Francis is trying to move the church to the left, the rising generation of Catholic clergy are moving to the right—the effect, perhaps, of the actions and influence of John Paul II and Benedict XVI. The current Pope may not be Catholic, but the clergy looks more so by the day. Maybe we will have a Vatican III someday and restore the Latin Mass?
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