Popes have been doing that for 400 years and everyone knows the results of the revolution. It certainly wasn't a reformation because you cannot reform from the outside....only from the inside.
And why wouldn’t Popes CONTINUE to condemn it? History didn’t suddenly change after 400 years. Or are the Popes too worried about offending the poor Lutherans rather than speaking the Truth?
Below is the heresy which Rome jointly proclaimed in the:
JOINT DECLARATION
ON THE DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION
by the Lutheran World Federation
and the Catholic Church
“Together we confess: By grace alone, in faith in Christ’s saving work and not because of any merit on our part, we are accepted by God and receive the Holy Spirit, who renews our hearts while equipping and calling us unto good works.”
The above is a false confession of faith that was proclaimed by representatives of the Catholic Church.