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Cardinals Are Maneuvering Before Conclave To Elect Francis’ Successor
news.movim.eu / TheNewYorkTimes • 27 April, 2025
Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.
Pope Francis proved to be far more cautious and conservative than many progressive Catholics had hoped for.
Liberals hoped he’d ordain women or allow gay marriage. Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action.
Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.