[livius]

I posted elsewhere that I thought that the Pope is actually a bit senile and that not even he knows what he’s going to say when he opens his mouth. It just seems to be a scrambled rehash of the leftist sentiments of his youth, all mixed together and at the same time, all going in every direction.

I used to think he had a conscious plan to destroy the Church, but I think now that he is a confused old man, definitely being used by others who play on his old man’s vanity. He’s dangerous, of course, because interested observers in the press and politics seize on whatever part of his ramblings they like in order to use those phrases in advancing their cause. They’re using the prestige of prior, intelligent popes to support Francis’ irrational statements.

I remember reading discussions in Spanish language blogs about what the procedures would be if a pope was determined to be senile or incompetent for some cause related to that. I wondered about it at the time, but maybe they knew something (through Latin American gossip) that the rest of the world didn’t.

[xzins]

This illogical rant on his part would lend credence to the idea that he’s not thinking clearly.

[xone]

I used to think he had a conscious plan to destroy the Church, but I think now that he is a confused old man, definitely being used by others who play on his old man’s vanity

I suppose that is easier and more comforting than seeing him as an active supporter of the left.

[hinckley buzzard]

I don't see evidence of senility, but clearly he has faulty judgment based on an insulated ideological bias. His grasp of the real world outside his parochial windows is severely defective.