Actually they have been doing just fine, thank you...
dissidents have appeared over the years since people in the time of Christ...all have failed and all will fail.
The Catholic church is what the Catholic church is....if you don't agree...O.K., everyone is entitled to start his/her interpretation of what true Christianity is. I think that I will stick with the status quo and the present Pope. Do I agree with everything he says, of course not, he was raised and educated in a predominantly socialist country and has been influenced by that. Who cares, he has done nothing to weaken Catholic teaching and has merely expressed his own opinions, some of which I don't agree with......big deal...
Au contraire, mon ami. (A little French lingo there to demonstrate my fondness for little froggies.)
He should have stayed in Buenos Aires.
Historically, whenever any pronouncements in regards to faith and morals emanated from the Vatican, the entire Christian (and Judaic) world paid particular attention.
There are many things wrong with this human being, but catering to homosexuals and lesbians (I recognize no other abnormal behavior) and espousing his admiration for a one world government AND the global warming lie, places him firmly in the camp of those who secretly loath Christianity as well as mankind for that matter.