“The Church is going to learn a hard lesson here. They’ve been sowing the seeds of their destruction for 40 years by trying to have it both ways.”
Napoleon to the Pope: “I will destroy your religion!”
Pope: “Be my guest, Emperor! We sinners have been trying for over 1700 years without success.”
Francis
The Church is quite capable of destroying itself, and given what has happened in the last 40 years, I’d say they’re doing a pretty rapid job of it.