The part of the Church that is called Protestant suffered this about 40 years ago. Leftists trying to subvert from within.
The disadvantage was that they were in smaller bodies, so it required fewer saboteurs to reach critical mass of apostasy.
The advantage is that they are not monolithic, so those suffering heretical leaders can simply leave. Or excommunicate apostates.
Catholics endured the worst of the Marxian infestation 40 years longer, but now they reach the point of critical mass, and with no outlet of being able to leave them behind. Since what I know about Catholic doctrine is that you have to be Roman Catholic or else you’re damned forever... but now it’s getting to the point where to be Roman Catholic means having to endorse mortal sins? You can’t leave but you can’t stay.
Hm.
I don’t know. My opinion: There’s either A: going to be a schism in which each side claims to be the ‘real’ church and excommunicate all the others. Which will then beg the question of what the marks of the ‘True Church’ are.
Or B: No one does anything at all and people keep pretending that everything is fine until that moment that it’s not.
For the Catholics on here (except for those who are just going to insult me), I am wondering. Is there some kind of theology for if the entire church hierarchy or at least a majority has become corrupt but there’s no way to oust them?
The “theology” is that the laity need to know the Catholic Faith well enough to enable them to ignore or denounce heretical clerics.
Some of them will, and most will not. Many laity will resist. Many will be deceived, and stick with Bergoglio. Some will not be deceived, but will depart and find a Protestant church that isn’t teaching Bergoglio’s heresy.