"..are seen by public opinion as a radical reform, if not a true revolution, of the Catholic Church, with the apparent rejection of the Magisterium before Vatican II, the systematic adoption of the language of theological progressivism, and the definitive rejection of proclaiming the Gospel in dogmatic terms". We know [or ought to know] that not everything said by this pope is necessarily authentic Magisterium, but the words of Bergoglio are interpreted [and reported] through generally anti-Catholic media (i.e., virtually all media) as expressions that radically re-formulate Christian doctrine".
For many years, Catholic theology, stunted by idealistic historicism, had been stripping the essential logical and metaphysical coordinates from Christian dogma, and with those, the very idea of revealed truth, replacing it with the dialectic of human progress and social reform. The divine message of Redemption offered by Christ had been gradually replaced by the illusion of atheistic humanism which imagines that contemporary man no longer needs salvation because he has become capable of transcending himself and realizing Paradise on earth all on his own. From Vatican-II onwards, this false theology has progressively penetrated even the language of the Church magisterium (which has become increasingly rhetorical and affective instead of remaining rational and doctrinal). It has led many bishops and even the current pope to a pastoral praxis that seems aimed at a systematic "overcoming and rejection" of Tradition, especially where it concerns values that are genuinely supernatural ['Superhuman' is perhaps the better word, though Christian values, however, difficult to live by, are within the reach of every man with the help of God's grace.] And this rejection of traditional values is precisely characteristic of the secular humanism that is now dominant in Western culture. Therefore, the inevitable consequence is the mass disorientation of the ordinary faithful who no longer see in their pastors – now openly divided on the reasons and objectives of doctrinal, disciplinary and liturgical reforms – spiritual guidance that is universal and consistent. In Quinto's booklength essay, the situation in which the Catholic Church now finds itself with respect to the relationship between the Church's pastors and the faithful is illustrated with a careful documentation of the pontificate of Pope Francis, 'the pope of the people', as the mass media around the world call him (and the title of a film about him that was recently released).