Happy to know that Pope Leo XIV is carrying on where Pope Francis left off, and the USCCB knows that Jesus never ever went in for hierarchy.

all of them. They can go start a religion honoring tsf because they clearly follow him and not the teachings of Jesus.

What else did you expect from the Catholics? Remember Dolan? And Bernard Law who protected pedophiles. The church is full of those nasty men.

I actually experienced the bad side, but also the good side, being raised Catholic. Catholics are not one size fits all, just like not all people of any race or creed are interchangeable. Pope Leo, has the ability to make some reforms. Whether he will or not remains to be seen, but at least so far he's been speaking out to remind the American Bishops that their mission is to serve those in need, and not the christian nationalist movement. I am willing to give him the benefit of doubt for now.

Just like not all Americans are brainwashed followers of tsf, not all American Catholics are lock step followers of the Conservative wing of the the church.

is telling them.

concerned. Fake.christian bugs.

So the fact that this "new" Bishop President being conservative means he's for the rich, and also doesn't care about clean air or water?

Both the greedy, self righteous, cruel ones, and those who actually would give others the proverbial shirt of their backs.

I wonder if it's different today.

My guess is probably some of them do. When I was in Catholic School back in the 1960s and 70s, I didn't ever see any of them smoke, but I guess some probably did just never in front of us.

Also I never heard anything about accusations in our particular parrish about pedophilia, but there were cases in the larger cities of our diocese. There were rumors about some of the priests having affairs with some of the nuns, and at least one priest was rumored to be secretly married, and that he and his wife had children.

My school was more into child beating and berating us, in the name of making us humble. They didn't realize there was a difference between narcissistic pride, and the basic self esteem needed to succeed and survive.

Those things being said I also met some priests and nuns along the way who were kind and nurturing, and did their level best to try and undo a lot of the damage that was caused. They were almost exclusively ones that were ordained or took their final vows after Vatican II. Those are the ones who are the reason, why I still have any remaining faith in the Catholic Church even though I am no longer an active member. Those types do not deserve to be lumped in with the hypocrites and tarred and feathered with the same brush as the Dolan crowd.