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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get why anyone would be happy given this: "In picking the 69-year-old Prevost, the papal conclave looked past allegations that he had mishandled or failed to act on sexual abuse cases involving priests in both Peru and the United States."[/quote]

Do any cardinals care about sexual abuse.[/quote]

Do any religious men with power anywhere care about sexual abuse? I have yet to see evidence of that, anywhere in the world. [/quote]

That's not true and shows you haven't done research into the massive reforms that started decades ago.[/quote]

Massive reforms?   Show your work.  More like minor reforms that have been unevenly applied.[/quote]

You are both right. The shifts in the Church are incremental and uneven by global political standards, especially when compared to broader cultural shifts that have occurred outside the Church over the same period (especially as relates to views on women and homosexuality, as well as attitudes towards divorce and abortion).

But given the age and traditions of the Church, the shifts could be considered "massive" -- some of the things Francis did and said were considered almost revolutionary within the Church, and remain very controversial among some corners of the Church, even if to outsiders it simply looks like a minor nod in the direction of modernity.[/quote]

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