[ebb tide]

The betrayal of the Catholic political class has always gone hand in hand with the betrayal historically of high-ranked ecclesiastics, but it has never happened that a Pope would choose[someone like] Eugenio Scalfari as his confidante and indicate people like Emma Bonino and Giorgio Napolitano as great figures of present-day Italy, without even spending a word of encouragement and incentive, or even a simple benediction to the hundreds of thousands of Catholics gathered at Family Day.

And while they were passing in the Senate the Cirinnà law, which legalizes homosexual unions, Pope Francis, after keeping silent about it in Ireland, also kept silent about it in Italy, taking upon himself grave responsibilities. “Why Holy Father – asks Socci in a sorrowful tone – have you stopped opposing that deadly attack on the family which the world has been engaged in for years? (p.127).

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

What if his liberal viewpoints cause his flock to fall in to sin by not attending Mass?

[bgill]

But he doesn’t listen or learn.