the catholic church has been plagued by scandal. most recently the sexual abuse of children and cover-up, money-laundering allegations, the vatican bank, the so-called vati-leaks including the release of embarrass iing papal documents by a vatican butler. six months into his papacy, observers say pope francis is changing the narrative. it was church in crisis. it was catholic watergate. now within 24 hours after francis election we were talking about new day dawns for the catholic church and charismatic pope takes the world by storm. in july, francis took his first international trip as pope to celebrate world youth day in brazil. the most populous catholic country in the world.