Abuse Scandals, Disunity And Diplomacy The New Pope's Challenges

Abuse Scandals, Disunity And Diplomacy The New Pope's Challenges

Pope Francis's successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church, to diplomatic challenges.

The successor of Pope Francis will have to face many challenges. Invited at 7:30 p.m., Bishop Charles Morerod believes that there is still progress to be made on the issue of sexual abuse.

Abuse scandals, disunity and diplomacy: the new pope’s challenges

Pope Francis’s successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church, to diplomatic challenges in a conflict-riven world. UNITY Uniting a divided church will be one of the main tasks facing the new pope. During his 12-year-long papacy, Francis often came under fire for his more liberal policies, such as welcoming migrants and restricting the use of the Latin Mass. Traditionalists in th…