[Salman]

It's The New York Times, so there's a strong possibility of distortion in this story, but here it is.

[Alberta's Child]

I always turn to a Jewish writer from the New York Times for an accurate, objective story about Catholicism.

/sarcasm off/

[HarleyLady27]

Being born, raised and attended Catholic School, I can attest that I would rather follow Our President to the ends of the earth rather than see, hear or anything else with FRANKIE the dip wad!!!

He is the ‘false prophet’ and if he doesn't like We the American Catholics, tough crap...I know what I was taught in my life of my religion and I can tell you this FRAUD is as worthless as a pimple on the south end of a jackass headed north!!!

[pgkdan]

It's The New York Times, so there's a strong possibility of distortion in this story, but here it is.

I doubt that. The pope and the slimes have a shared hatred for Christianity.

[NorthMountain]

It's The New York Times so I'm not convinced that "Pope Francis", much less his "two close associates" even exist ...

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Hmmmm... did someone mention the Vatican?

[Calvin Locke]

...so there's a strong possibility of distortion in this story,

Yeah, but under the RCC's current "leadership", I think not.

[onedoug]

The new york times will whip these recalcitrant Catholics back into line.

[jeffc]

Hit back: accuse the Pope of hating real Catholics....

[Cicero]

“ultraconservatives.”

Liberal code for decent people.

[joma89]

More #Fakenews. When the little boy cried wolf to many times, everyone stopped believing him.

So goes the liberal media. They lie about the lying liars and then lie about lying about the lying liars.

JoMa

[G Larry]

“has stymied action against climate change”

GOOD!

Population control is foundational in the fraud of “climate change”.

Population control is antithetical to Catholic doctrine.

I will argue that point with ANYONE at the Vatican.

[TennTuxedo]

There is a coming split in the Catholic Church.

[jospehm20]

This Pope makes it easy to believe the worst.

[reagandemocrat]

Another NYT article from a different perspective. And makes far more sense:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/opinion/vatican-conservative-catholics-america.html

[bert]

The Vatican does not believe in the separation of church and state.

[SpirituTuo]

And, what is an “ultra conservative?” Do they were little, embroidered “u” on their birettas?

[SpirituTuo]

Especially when they said Cdl Mueller was “fired.” His term expired and wasn’t renewed. He wasn’t fired. Good grief.

[Fedora]

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, a standard-bearer for conservatism in America, likened the Civiltà Cattolica authors in his weekly newsletter to the “useful idiots” who supported the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. He called the article “an exercise in dumbing down and inadequately presenting the nature of Catholic/evangelical cooperation on religious freedom and other key issues.”