That said, him and Francis have been a lot more open about actively opposing their own right-wing clergy, whereas previous popes gave them far more leeway, to put it mildly. For instance, Leo XIII was regarded as relatively pro-Jewish, but he doesn’t seem to have been all that effective at

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actually halting antisemitism among lower-ranking clergy (some of whom seem to have actually believed he was on their side!). Really, what we’re kind of seeing in the Church right now is the equivalent of the CCP getting a new General Secretary who starts openly talking all the time about how
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private businesses are merely a temporary measure that will all be liquidated when socialism is finally built: the idea‘s always sort of been part of Dengism, but the previous GSs were definitely not stressing that bit when addressing the All-China Confederation of Businesses and Industries.
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