[Catholic Caucus] ‘Papal revenge’: How Francis used the episcopacy to promote friends and punish enemies

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Papal revenge’: How Francis used the episcopacy to promote friends and punish enemiesA new dossier documents how Pope Francis used episcopal appointments in Argentina to punish critics, reward Peronist allies, and elevate men with 'skeletons in the closet.'A new report shows how the criteria for appointing bishops under Francis have been predominantly political.On April 22, Spanish blog El Wanderer published a report that, through various documented cases, argues that the criteria for episcopal appointments adopted by Pope Francis have been political in nature rather than pastoral or doctrinal – based on personal sympathies, ideological affinities, and even forms...