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Pope Francis has proposed sweeping changes to Vatican and Catholic Church structure. Such changes had been under discussion prior to his election, but now have been put forward in a proposal document. Here is a link to an article discussing these changes. It's about a 10 minute read, and anyone today commenting on the RCC should be aware of it, IMO. None the less, it is a very interesting read. https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/proposed-new-apostolic-constitution-reorders-vaticans-offices

Many SDAs I know feel "bound" by the 31 AD theory as this date is cited in Desire of Ages. The church has never articulated a coherent theory on the validity of specific historical data cited by Ellen White in her writing; the church likely cannot do so without upsetting large segments of the membership. Many members hold to a verbal-inspiration, inerrancy, infallibility view of her published writings. Their close cousins are the "if she's wrong about this trivial detail, nothing she wrote can be trusted" members who seek to disparage her entire ministry.