Some see the byword as a rallying call in a conservative campaign to reverse Francis’ push for a more inclusive church.

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The challenges for Catholicism in the modern world.

After decades of conservative leadership, Francis tried to reset the course of the Roman Catholic Church, emphasizing inclusion and care for the marginalized over doctrinal purity.

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The changes reflect Francis’ view of the pope as a pastor more than a powerful person, but the rites will still be on a grand scale.

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The challenges for Catholicism in the modern world.

Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.

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.

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