A Cult Within Catholicism

Amy Welborn weighs in:

Secrecy, hero-worship, deification of individuals, reflexive dismissal of critics as wrong-headed or even of the devil, an untoward interest in money and appearance, manipulation of members, demeaning attitudes toward non-members, deceptive means … trouble.

But she must know the Pope's mojo: no enemies to the right; no discourse with his critics.