I am hardly a hysterical fan of Pope Francis’ usual agenda, but the hostile media works diligently to separate American Catholics from Rome through endless bad-faith misinterpretations. Catholics, check the source material before you apostatize. Do not do the work of the Enemy.
Studying what the Catholic Church actually teaches instead of what I'd been told they teach, learning why they do certain things (like having a Pope) and hold certain beliefs (like the Eucharist), and understanding how those teachings relate back to the earliest Christians.