The Second Vatican Council unleashed a passion for change in the Roman Catholic Church ... warned against excesses of reform, they have, in effect, tolerated the radical questioning of doctrine ...

However, the branch of the Radical Reformation that was to leave ... Reformers could not accept—much less the Roman Catholic established church. They expressed this belief by baptizing people ...

For those looking for radical reform in the Catholic Church, Pope Francis was a breath of fresh air. He said the right things, and lived by example. But we should not fool ourselves about his ...

The Radical Reformers challenged not only Roman Catholic doctrine ... on which the Protestant Reformation itself was based, the Radical Reformers worked to adapt the Church to the New Testament.

But though he may have reinvigorated the Catholic Church, Francis did not resolve ... Austen Ivereigh wrote that for Francis, “radical reform is ultimately about the courage to strip away ...

Conservatives thought he’d tear up Church doctrine. But his papacy favored debate over radical action. By Jason Horowitz In Vatican City When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the ...

Pope Francis, a leader known for steering the Catholic Church toward ... appeal of the existing European church; Francis believed that the church had to reform itself to fit the shifting base ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...