As a Catholic, I am so sorry that this man was thrust upon us, at this critical time in our lives when we have so many other problems to consider.
Perhaps this is a test to see just how strong our Faith is.
That thought is what helps keep my sanity.
He never said it would be easy.
“Perhaps this is a test to see just how strong our Faith is.”
It is! Jesus commanded this in the sermon on the Mount. We must all become scholars of the Truth, totally depend on God and not rely on man:
Matthew 5:17-20
17 ‘Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil. 18For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter,* not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. 19Therefore, whoever breaks* one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Oh?
Don't you guys have a system in place to be SURE that only the finest men get to be the Vicar of Christ?