Posted on 12/15/2018 10:01:52 AM PST by ebb tide
Socci: Horror!
Its an internal question that regards Pakistan, I hope it will be resolved in the best ways possible.
Yet Francis had no problem trying to influence the most recent U.S. presidential election; brokering, with Obama, a one-sided deal between Communist Cuba and the U.S.; or betraying his own Catholic Church in Red China at the behest of it's communist dictator.
Francis can't spend one day without demanding that Western nations freely "welcome" unlimited numbers of illegal aliens, many with questionable morals and backgrounds.
Yet, Francis won't lift a finger to help a fellow Catholic, truly fearing for her and her family's lives (solely for her faith), to legally emigrate to Italy. It's almost like Francis is ashamed of his own Faith.
Ping
That's rather begging the question, I think.
Parolin is not B’s right hand man. That is media fluff. Although there is a 20th century trend of several popes coming from state dept, as well as a desperate yearning now among Italian segment of vatican to put back one of their own.
Parolin was Bergoglio’s right hand man in both Cuba and Red China.
He managed the agreements and conversations with those foreign entities, that’s his job as Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently renamed Secretary of State to sound more powerful. The article tries to imply Parolin is right-hand in the usual meaning of a trusted collaborator with special status and influence. While Parolin is important part of inner circle, he is not pope’s “right hand.” That person is inconspicuous and his power goes way beyond State, maybe even outside the Vatican.
He managed the agreements and conversations with those foreign entities, that’s his job as Minister of Foreign Affairs, recently renamed Secretary of State to sound more powerful. The article tries to imply Parolin is right-hand in the usual meaning of a trusted collaborator with special status and influence. While Parolin is important part of inner circle, he is not pope’s “right hand.” That person is inconspicuous and his power goes way beyond State, maybe even outside the Vatican.
And who would be that "person" be? Remember the buck stops at Bergoglio.
No ... the person holding the Petrine office serves Someone.
Or some Thing ...
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