Oh, my goodness, Tri, you're on a roll.  Why are you always so angry? The Curia is in need of serious reform, and anyone who is honest knows it...and that would include Francis, who knows evil when he sees it. The Irish episcopate didn't "lose" the nation...the Irish clergy's  emphasis on rules and beating people over the head with fear and an horrific Jansenistic morality did the deed. I know this because my husband of 38 years was born and raised in Ireland and has always been a practicing Catholic, but the stories he tells of the fall-out  from the Irish priests' judgment and condemnation would make your hair curl. He says how grateful he is to me for setting him free from some awful fear of a retributive God Who is just waiting to "get you."  We have a loving God whose love is boundless,  but you can't control people with love, so you turn to fear. Francis' priorities are mercy and love which invite us all to the Kingdom's Feast.  Christ is our light, not darkness. Francis gets it!