I’m glad these issues are being addressed. Still I may be a little biased in thinking that the extent of bending to modern culture, in the Catholic church never went as far as other churches such as allowing gay priests, marriages etc. We would be just as lost as other churches if it weren’t for our God given papacy and the Catechism of the church. God knew what He was doing by giving imperfect Peter the keys making him the first pope, and He knows what He is doing now.
“God knew what He was doing ... and He knows what He is doing now.”
I am not a theologian, but some would say that God does not know, God IS knowledge. And as far as “now” goes, some say that God is eternally existent and that means God is timeless ... categories of past, present, and future just do not apply when we are talking about God.
The scandal of Judas (I’ve also heard the phrase “the mystery of Judas”): some leave the Church because they are not humble enough and refuse to belong to a Church that refrains from expelling the Judases. Yep, it is a Judas issue, not a Peter issue.