According to Fr. Reyes, GMA "constructed houses (for priests), convents, cathedrals, and gave away cars" so that bishops would not criticize GMA's presidency or ask her to step down during "crisis points" such as the election scandal in 2005.
To adapt to the varying needs of Catholics all over the world, Pope Benedict XVI has revised the Vatican's position on secularism, releasing his latest catechism, Contextual Secularism in a Changing World.