Posted on 01/10/2022 9:57:37 PM PST by ebb tide
Today, Francis appointed Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, 56, as Reggio Emilia-Guastalla Bishop, Italy.
Morandi entered the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as under secretary in 2015 and became the secretary (second man) in 2017. A replacement has not been announced.
MessaInLatino.it informed that Francis punished Morandi for his cautious opposition against homosex "blessings" and the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes.
Morandi was appreciated - or hated - for his balance in managing difficult and delicate cases.
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Francis treats his enemies in the manner of an Argentine, not an Italian.
It is a strange thing that defenders of the faith have become enemies of the Pope.
False Pope Bergoglio the Usurper.
One of Argentina’s big problems is that almost all of its ruling class is Italian, some of them not even far removed from Italy. Francis himself is the child of middle-class Italian immigrants who arrived at the beginning of the 20th century. He didn’t even speak Spanish, except a few words to the servants, until he started school.
The 20th century immigrants came to join the established Italian population that had showed up in the 19th century. They were generally not impoverished rural people or from the urban slums of Italy, like the Italians in NYC, but were middle-class or better, merchants, etc. so they moved right into power.
Note that although Morandi is an archbishop, he was appointed to a diocese, not an archdiocese.
All true. But if you ever met and got to know Argentines of Italian descent and got to know a similar number of Italian -Americans from the NY metropolitan area or native Italians, you would immedeatly note the disagreeable, different characteristics of the Argentines. As you allude they are very arrogant, lack self awareness, often phony and not very pleasant to be around.
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