So the present pope could possibly not be a Catholic?
I believe for some time there have been those of the Catholic faith that have commented that Francis is not a Catholic.
And there are so many threads bad mouthing your pope.
This seems strange to me as over the years it has been said by Catholics here at FR that we must be in subjection to the pope and that he is the Vicar of Christ, Christ’s representative here on earth.
He is picked with the Holy Spirit’s guidance apparently.
I believe it was all done “legally” according to rules of Catholicism.
Maybe he does have some psychological problems in which case I would think Catholics would want him removed.
I know some posting in the RF feel that way; and that he is illegitimate etc.
We non Catholics would not allow someone with so many un Biblical issues to stay in a leadership position.
Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man’s use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
Saint Ignatius
It’s an unprecedented situation we’re in -— although the Catholic Church has had some terrible crises caused or exacerbated by bad popes in the past, this is the first and only time we have had a pope who is actually ideologically opposed to the Faith and Morals of the Church, as understood by all his predecessors -— even the knaves and fools among them.
There is serious question whether Pope Benedict abdicated lawfully, meaning fully and without coercion. There is also serious question whether the conclave that elected Pope Francis was lawful, in account of politicking prior to and concurrent with the voting. Then there’s the separate and serious question whether Francis has lawfully and formally forfeited the papacy on account of heresy.
So you’ll see Catholics, here at FR and elsewhere, worrying out loud about these controversies. Some eminent theologians have observed that the Church is already split, de facto if not de jure.