By Stephen P. White, The Catholic - A group of high-ranking prelates and theologians met late last month in Chicago for an invitation-only conference on the topic of “Pope Francis, Vatican II, and the Way Forward.” The conference was organized by institutes at Loyola University, Boston College, and Fordham University, with organizing help from Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter (NCR)... One attendee, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, described to NCR what he saw as the purpose of the event: “We have this what they call ‘opposition’ to the pope.