Between this talk buy Francis, and the words of Parolin the other day, one could get the impression that those two believe the church has in fact cleaned itself up, and positioned itself to be the "showcase" for the rest of the world on how to do this.  It's  not an accident that suddenly, the church is getting outspoken in this area, hosting conferences on this topic, giving talks at conferences they didn't set up, and in general, trying very hard to make it sound like the church should be seen as the model for the rest of the world.

Methinks this is all part of a big PR plan, that in the end will help rewrite history.

There is still SO much to do in the church, so I am not at ALL comfortable to see this kind of "we're the leaders in fighting this worldwide courage" kind of talk.  As others have said, this is a time for profound humility among church leaders: a time to finish the job internally.   Even as these guys are talking, we have the mess in Guam, a diplomat recalled...