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The pope goes slow because he wants to be sure that the changes have a deep impact. The slow pace is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the changes. He knows there are those hoping that the next pope will turn everything back around. If you go slowly it's more difficult to turn things back… . You have to realize that he is aiming at reform that is irreversible. Argentinean Archbishop Victor Fernández, one of Pope Francis’ top advisers.

One of Pope’s closest advisors: How Pope Francis is changing the Church

Archbishop Fernandez is the author of the "Art of Kissing" and also widely acknowledged as being the ghost-writer of Francis' tree-hugging exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium".

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The slow pace is necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the changes. He knows there are those hoping that the next pope will turn everything back around. If you go slowly it's more difficult to turn things back… . You have to realize that he is aiming at reform that is irreversible.

He could say the same thing about Paul VI. Francis has just upped the ante, that's all.

[Arthur McGowan]

In other words, Bergoglio doesn’t just want to issue heretical documents. He wants on-the-ground, in-the-trenches SCHISM.

Well, if an Augustinian MONK could start a schism that has lasted 500 years, a POPE should be able to start one that will last 1000.