Well, "they" implies more than one individual.
Bergoglio went on to state:
You cannot cancel a whole religion because there is a group or many groups of fundamentalists at certain moments of history.
I highly suspect Bergolio's definition of "fundamentalist" Catholics is directed towards those traditional, orthodox, pelagian, and rigid Catholics as a whole.
Well, “they” implies more than one individual.
That said, I wouldn’t bet money on my out being the correct interpretation.