When he was elected to the papacy in March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio knew he was chosen on a “reform” mandate. However, it’s been unclear what reform means for Pope Francis: revitalizing the public image of the Church, addressing the global clerical sexual abuse crisis, reforming the Vatican itself or leading Catholics around the world into a “pastoral conversion.”
Francis was forced to address reform on multiple fronts during the past 12 months, all testing him in different ways.
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/12/26/from-sex-abuse-to-money-2018-tested-pope-francis-on-reform/
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/12/26/from-sex-abuse-to-money-2018-tested-pope-francis-on-reform/
