[ebb tide]

I agree the pope was probably tricked. But why has the Pope continued to retain Ricca in his current positions?

[Mrs. Don-o]

I have never been into curial politics, and I can only say as an outsider that it looks as if Francis has been dropped into the middle of a deadly chess game --- like some kind of dystopian horror movie. Ricca has connections (so they say) with the Mafia, and the Mafia is ready, willing, and able to kill.

Ricca no doubt knows he's been outed (he reads Italian like everybody else) but the question is, how do you know the next guy in line isn't his secret ally?

I've even heard that Pope Francis might just close the IOR. Desperate times, desperate measures.

Watch and pray.

[ebb tide]

In 2006, Pope Benedict removed Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the Legionaries of Christ from his position and ordered him to a life of prayer and penance. This order was due to Maciel’s past sexual sins, not ongoing ones.

Bishop of Rome, Francis, apparently has different plans for homos under his jurisdiction.