Its actually worse than that. My money says he was told to comply or the world would begin taxing Catholic churches and the Vatican would be seized and redistributed after many priests were tried for pedophillia.
So he sold out on threats. And considering his Liberation theology, it was a firesale. And stays in a luxurious lifestyle.
This is planned.
Are you into “nutty” conspiracy stuff? Good grief!
I don’t think he was forced into any of this. He has a long track record of statements like this, and his actions since he has been pope have shown that he has no concern for the Church and would be perfectly happy to see it sold off and shut down,
I though jonrick46 (post 15) had something going there in his thoughts on the process as well.
There is a driving desire in humanity to get back to the garden of Eden, and that is all well and good.
However, when man strives for the goal without consulting God, who will require the belief in His beloved Son, Jesus Christ, and repentance of sin and conversion to the heart of Christ, then he seeks a solely natural path where he tries to get there on his own.
It is like if a son wants to be a baseball player but refuses his father’s advice to practice.
“Why can’t I just buy a baseball uniform and join the team? I want to hit home runs and steal bases and catch fly balls with my uniform on. I don’t want to practice, I just want to be a star.”
That is why, sadly, this is an antipope, which is to say he isn’t an authentic pope. He teaches heresy like other recent popes, only moreso. We must pray that God will forgive us and send us again an authentic pope, such as Pope Pius X, and then revere that pope and look to hear Christ through him as we did popes in the past.
I will require that we deserve such a pope, so we must REPENT AND BELIEVE the Good News and sin no more.