Pope Francis reforms influential group Opus Dei

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After a few flaps early in his tenure (notably with failin' Palin, you'll recall) Francis has mostly avoided putting an oar in foreign politics - even his native Argentina's.

But then, these far-right Catholics are so entrenched it's hard to say what effect - if any - his calling them out by name would've had.

In Latin America, for example, whenever he has shown any opposition to some conservative offensive or other (usually by alluding to it), RW media hasn't hesitated to turn against him - something unimaginable in the past.

To say nothing of their army of paid Twitter/Facebook trolls!