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Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, left, and Cardinal George Pell wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, left, and Cardinal George Pell wait for the arrival of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, June 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

An anonymous letter circulated among Vatican officials in 2022, highlighting what it called Francis’ “disastrous” pontificate and what a new pope must do correct thehe had wrought. Its author was Australian Cardinal George Pell, but that fact emerged only after his death in 2023. Once a close adviser to Francis but always conservative, Pell grew increasingly disillusioned with his papacy, signing the letter with the pen name, “Demos” — the common people.Last year, a screed by another anonymous cardinal circulated, signed by “Demos II.” It resumed where Pell left off, denouncing what it called Francis’ “autocratic, at times seemingly vindictive style of governance; a carelessness in matters of law; an intolerance for even respectful disagreement; and – most seriously – a pattern of ambiguity in matters of faith and morals causing confusion among the faithful.”

It blamed polarization in the church on the confusion Francis had sown and urged the next pope to focus on “recovery and reestablishment of truths that have been slowly obscured or lost among many Christians.”Those letters underscored the age-old divisions between traditionalists and progressives in the Catholic Church that

. He emphasized inclusion and “synodality,” or listening to the faithful, and cracked down on traditionalists by restricting their celebration of the old Latin Mass. While the conservatives may not have enough votes to elect one of their own, a new pope will have to try to restore unity.

The polarization is keenly felt in the United States, where anyone using social media can challenge the Vatican or even the local church’s perspective, said professor Steven Millies of Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.A spokesperson for Fecteau declined to comment.

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