Well, we really weren't discussing the problems of society at large, at least I wasn't.
You're correct that since Luther's time splits and off shoots have occurred and of course anyone can set up a tent and find some following.
In practice every Catholic bishop is a law unto himself, I say in practice, officially otherwise, as we've seen in the U.S., some welcoming and protective of homosexual priests and others not so much.
“Martin Luther was the first Protestant”
Luther was not the first protester or reformer in the Catholic church. For at least five hundred years before him Popes and Bishops had tried to curb the worst abuses with decrees and pronouncements to no avail. (Recall the Book of Gomorrah, aptly named).
But as Jesus parable of the weeds and wheat made clear there would be a long period of time while the two grew together until their fruitage became distinguishable and then the harvest would begin, separating one from the other not on the basis of tradition and unrecorded deeds and sayings but upon the basis of adherence to the truth of God's word we do have. (John 4:23)
no...
she was “deemed” into heaven
*couldn’t resist*