It is with much sadness that I admit I agree with your take on this pope. Something is just ‘off’ with him, maybe it’s behind the scenes handlers or maybe it’s just him. I hear from more Catholics that they are NOT at enchanted with him and are more disgusted than ever with the church.
Whatever he is doing, and all the supposed miscommunications floating around, the harm is evident and I wonder why THAT doesn’t seem to be addressed. It’s all rather baffling to me.
I was listening to the Catholic radio station in CT yesterday. An unsettling indicator was the enthusiasm of the radio priest for the new Pope Francis, and his implied diminution of Benedict. It sounded as if he knew, or felt that the new Pope was with “his” party.
The radio priest quoted with approval Francis’ comment on the imminent collapse of the Church “like a deck of cards.”
I am tentatively very suspicious of this Pope. I am worried about some of his attitudes, as well as his Argentinian origins and the baggage that this implies.