Pope Francis put the Vatican on a way towards tolerance in a changing world

When Pope Francis is now pronounced. “Who am I to rule? In response to a question about gay priests Just months after his 2013 election, it was more than just an external note. It was the announcement of the intention. The new Pope was a transformation in the tone and priorities: the Catholic Church focused on governance and more open to dialogue, inclusion and social justice.

In the early days of the papacy, Argentine Jorge Mario Bergolio chose to stay in the humble guesthouse in the Vatican instead of the Apostolic Palace, and replaced Limousine cars for an economic car and amazing in simple black shoes – indicating that the church was under new management. The doctrine no longer dominates the agenda. In its place: sympathy, communication and humility.

Vatican observers have long said that, along with the radical re -concentration of Francis of Church’s priorities, a hierarchical reform process, which will leave a permanent mark like reviewing the role of the church in the modern world.

“He turned the Vatican abroad like sock,” said the Vatican correspondent with the Roman newspaper “El Misagro”. “Remove the old structures, making the church more flexible and turning the center towards the global environment.”

Papoya Francis had clear limits: his dealings with the sexual assault crisis, and despite the appointment of women in higher positions and a comprehensive note of 2LGBTQ+ Catholics, it is still based on what many observers call outdated concepts.

Global transformation in the energy structure

However, during the era of Francis, the Catholic Church became more faced in the world.

The clearest sign of this transition was the global re -balance of the College of Cardinals, where 80 percent of them were appointed by Francis, who will start in days from now to throw their ballot cards to the upcoming Pope.

Twelve years ago, when Francis was elected, more than half of the Cardinals were from Europe. Today, less than 40 percent of the ancient world decreased, with the percentage of African and Asian Cardinals swelling from 18 percent in 2013 to include nearly a third of the college today.

“His greatest heritage was to be the first world Pope,” said Massimo Vagioli, professor of theology and religious studies at the University of Villanova near Philadelphia. “It has made it clear that the Church is not related to the European Mediterranean culture forever, and that it needs to become more universal. This represents the entry of the true Catholic Church into the third millennium.”

But not only where the Cardinals are chosen, the Vatican experts say, but also where their priorities lie. Several dates of Francis have pushed the church to engage deeper with the invitation to immigrants and environmental supervision.

Priests gave him a blessed choice of husbands of the same sex and include divorced couples and married people in secrets; Including women, Muslims and non -believers in his holy washing on Thursday from the rituals of the feet; Focusing on the climate and social justice in the historical church documents were all evidence of what it concerned more.

Encyclopedia of 2015 on climate change and inequality, To take care of our joint houseIt was one of the many calls to work around the planet. In various points, Francis called “greed” and denied the climate as being in the way of climate work, and Warning that “we hardly have time to prevent more tragic damage.“

“Francis has changed the pastoral priorities of the Church by saying that the first words of preaching are” God loves you “, no, here is the Christian education for memorization, here is the book of rules that must be followed.”

Encouraging open discussion, to some extent

In his global bishops known as the Synod, Francis encouraged an open discussion on topics that were outside the table in the past And consulting ordinary people and Women, which voted rights for the first time.

Francis also appointed women to the highest Vatican jobs. However, while he said that the issue of female deacons could be explored, he kept strongly opposing the coordination of women.

“Yes, he promoted the woman and allowed them to vote, but he was the ancient Argentine Jesuit with some cultural and personal boundaries that did not allow him to adopt entirely women in the management of the Catholic Church,” said Ikobo Scarmeosi, an observer in the Vatican with La Repubblica. “It was not a feminist.”

Francis insist that the church should not be proven to abortion, birth control and marriage of the same sex that led to clashes with conservative American bishops.

Likewise, did the Synod, which prompted worrying letters to the Pope? The conservative bishops warned that gatherings risk undermining the church’s doctrine, especially on its rules to alleviate to communicate to the absolute power and married people, 2LGBTQ+ decentralization.

Observers say that the waste attempts to remove legitimacy from Francis by the small minority are weaker over time.

“The Pope was very patient with people who disagreed with him, and even people who were some kind of hateful,” said Reese. “People who do not agree with him did not tell him,” Well, you can’t participate. “He has behaved like the spiritual director more than the CEO.

Sexual assault: insufficient reforms

Some of the most powerful criticism of Francis came from outside the church because of his dealings with the crisis of sexual assault on the book. He established the Vatican Committee and removed some of the prominent aggressors, but his response was often inconsistent. In Chile, his defense of the bishop accused of covering up anger, Forced a general apology. Later on, he made tougher accountability measures, but most survivors saw only a real change.

While treating the Pope with the sexual assault crisis has decreased, the observers say to him Attempts to reform the Vatican BankAlso, for a long time full of corruption and covering, was more successful in entering transparency and accountability.

Vatican observers say he also has also reorganized – still continues – the relationship between the Vatican administration, known as the Roman Korea, and bishops around the world.

“The new church constitution brought by Francis puts Korea in the service of the church, and the opposite is no longer the opposite.” “For years, Korea has dealt with global bishops like lost students who will maintain a queue. Francis explained that the bishops have their own independence and that the role of Korea is their support.”

Francis was not the Pope for disinfection or repression. Instead, those who are closely followed by his firmness say, opening windows and doors and spoke in a language within the reach of all-believers and strangers, including Muslims and non-believers.

However, the famous Vatican analyst Marco Politi notes, there is still a gap inside the church and “there will be no Pope Francis II” nor a return to the strict preservation.

“What Cardinals will seek in the range is a person in the center, and it is a mediator who can collect broken parts of the church” after the Francis Revolution.