The Pope, an alleged former Hitler Youth member, has set the agenda for nuns and priests who were killed while supporting Fascism in Spain's Civil War to become saints. He has shunned the deaths of the priests and nuns who died fighting Francisco Franco. Aside from making poor Mother Theresa look bad in the company she will now keep, this Pope has done a wonderful thing for secular humanism. He has made the stupidity and political cynicism of Roman Catholicism in a modern world quite obvious.
Abandoning imaginary friends and the people who use them to control you is part of growing up. Growing up is necessary before you can embark on your responsible, mindful and compassionate personal evolution.