Megan McArdle
Ultimately the question of the Church's direction will be decided by a simple question: who is catechizing more faithful children, making more converts, and discovering more vocations: the traditionalists or the liberals? As far as I can tell the answer is the traditionalists, by
Rod Dreher
From @DouthatNYT’s take on Francis death. He’s right, and this is hugely destabilizing. If a pope like Francis can be elected once, it could happen again. The papacy henceforth will be seen as more like a presidency, with key policies changing with each new administration.