[Vigilanteman]

Like it or not, Pope Frank, as leader of the largest Christian denomination in the world, sets the agenda for most of the competing protestant brands. Sort of like a Pope John Paul II in reverse.

JP2 was the gold standard. Frank is Mao without the charisma.

[CTrent1564]

I am Catholic, I think Pope Francis is not too bright and not a good Pope. What I don’t see is how the lack of quality leadership in the Catholic Church impacts Mainline Protestants and more so the Evangelical Protestantism declining numbers mot of which like seeing a Catholic Church with weak leadership since most, not all, are not Catholic friendly.

The declining of practicing Catholics, that is on the Catholic Church. What is going on in mainline and evangelical protestant faith communities, that is on them.

[daniel1212]

Like it or not, Pope Frank, as leader of the largest Christian denomination in the world, sets the agenda for most of the competing protestant brands. Sort of like a Pope John Paul II in reverse. JP2 was the gold standard. Frank is Mao without the charisma.

The correlation btwn liberalism and the % of Catholics in areas of the US (in contrast to evangelicals) began long before PJP2, and which some TradCaths attack as being liberal.