to the editor of the new republic frank. the new issue takes a look at pope francis versus the vatican. the cover story reads in part, francis renewed emphasis on the poor is welcomed and valuable and there are circumscribed areas the pope may achieve real reform. when prose gressive catholics pine for change, they mostly mean they want to see the church brought into the ethos of modern liberalism, including its embrace of gay rights, sexual freedom and gender quality. and that simply isn t going to happen. to hope or expect otherwise is to misread this pope misinterpret the las vegas gasy of his pred ses tors and misunderstand the callsy fide structure of the church itself. the pope mindful of money telling admirers from argentina,