I found this article and thought it was enlightening to me at least..

Pope Benedict XVI Marks 50th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council

October 11,2012
The anniversary comes as the church is fighting what it sees as a wave of secularism erasing the Christian heritage of the West, and competition for souls from rival evangelical churches in Latin America and Africa. Clerical sex abuse scandals, debates over celibacy for priests, open dissent among some priests and a recent Vatican crackdown on liberal nuns in the U.S. have also contributed to erode the church’s place in the world.

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