Not saying Francis has necessarily supported any of the following, but if you’re worried about the future of the Church in general as far as liberalism is concerned, take solace in the fact that the gravest evils of liberalism are already condemned infallibly by Magisterium:
So even if the Pope were to call for a different approach to, say, the sin against nature, know it is already solemnly condemned as abominable by the Third and Fourth Lateran Councils (as well as by the unbroken and constant apostolic/patristic tradition)
If a Pope were to criticize Humanae vitae on contraception, know that its teaching is already safeguarded by the universal/ordinary magisterium as well as the solemn, infallible condemnation of Pius XI in Casti connubii (as well as by the unbroken apostolic/patristic tradition)
If a Pope were to espouse a different teaching on abortion, know that it’s already condemned by the infallible Magisterium both in its universal/ordinary and extraordinary form (unbroken apostolic/patristic tradition, and solemnly condemned in Evangelium vitae of John Paul II)
If a Pope were to embrace classical liberalism or religious indifferentism, it’s already infallibly condemned by Pius IX’s Quanta cura
And if a Pope were to flirt with women’s ordination, it’s also solemnly condemned by John Paul II
And this isn’t even exhaustive
And if a Pope were to flirt with women’s ordination, it’s also solemnly condemned by John Paul II
And this isn’t even exhaustive
These teachings have been codified in the Church’s infallible Magisterium, and are irreformable in and of themselves, binding to all successors of St Peter, and so no future Pope can even in principle dare to overturn them.
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