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The Promise of Pope Francis’ Papacy Partially Realized

© L’Osservatore RomanoPope Francis greets a man at the closing Mass for the Jubilee of the Sick and Disabled in St. Peter’s Square on June 12, 2016.

COMMENTARY: The Church’s energy for the Holy Father’s overarching mission of charity has been absorbed over the last 10 years by fights over doctrine, morals and liturgy — and he has to share some of the responsibility for that.