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An Insider Tell-All Is About to Rip Pope Francis a New One
Slate Magazine ^
| January 5, 2023
| Molly Olmstead
Posted on 01/06/2023 3:13:09 PM PST by ebb tide
An Insider Tell-All Is About to Rip Pope Francis a New One
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is dead. His right-hand man is about to come out swinging.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI had been dead for just two days when it was revealed that his personal secretary, a striking and influential cleric nicknamed “Gorgeous Georg” by the international press, was publishing a tell-all book that promised to avenge his former boss—and lambast the current pope.
The news came as a shock in the world of Vatican observers. In part, that was because it arrived as the faithful were still, literally, mourning the pontiff at the center of it all. Also because the author, German Archbishop Georg Gänswein, has worked as a high-ranking employee for both Francis and Benedict and is situated in a particularly sensitive position in the church.
“This is unprecedented,” Massimo Faggioli, a theologian and church historian at Villanova University, told me over the phone. “The shocking part is it’s the secretary of the former pope who’s raising very serious accusations against the current pope, who’s been very patient with him. At the very minimum, it’s very bad taste.”
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TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: antipope; apostatepope; badtaste; benedictxvi; faggioli; faggiolithefag; faithandphilosophy; frankenchurch; georgganswein; justisntcricket; massimofaggioli; romancatholicism; verybadtaste
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posted on
01/06/2023 3:13:09 PM PST
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ebb tide
To: Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man; Mrs. Don-o; ...
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01/06/2023 3:13:40 PM PST
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ebb tide
To: ebb tide
I never really understood how or why he was forced out. Thoughts?
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01/06/2023 3:24:54 PM PST
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: ebb tide
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posted on
01/06/2023 3:35:22 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
To: DesertRhino
The current one is obviously a NWO technocrat fascist and CCP apologist. Promoted by the same people who put obozo in the white hut. The former was a casualty of these same people.
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01/06/2023 3:35:54 PM PST
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Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: Track9
And he is all in for the LGBT agenda. I suspect who his replacement is will be a solid clue as to why he was removed. But I just don’t know exactly what happened. I am not Catholic, but pray for the day the Church returns to better hands, same as for most other Christian faiths.
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01/06/2023 3:40:39 PM PST
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: ebb tide
To: ebb tide
“At the very minimum, it’s very bad taste.””
At the very minimum, this St. Gallen mafia leaves a very bad tast
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01/06/2023 3:47:00 PM PST
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OpusatFR
To: DesertRhino
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01/06/2023 3:47:04 PM PST
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qaz123
To: DesertRhino
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01/06/2023 3:49:12 PM PST
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ebb tide
To: ebb tide
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posted on
01/06/2023 3:49:47 PM PST
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: DesertRhino
I’m sure you’re reading the Italian general piece. Not surprising how ubiquitous these ‘god is dead’ , hate America NWO goons are. An international cabal in every hall of power.
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01/06/2023 3:50:03 PM PST
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Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: qaz123
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01/06/2023 3:50:16 PM PST
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: OpusatFR
Maximum Beans is Bergoglio’s head cheerleader, short skirt and all.
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01/06/2023 3:51:03 PM PST
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ebb tide
To: DesertRhino
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01/06/2023 3:57:05 PM PST
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Jim Noble
(You have sat too long for any good you have been doing)
To: ebb tide
To: qaz123
Hmmm to that little quip.
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01/06/2023 4:08:40 PM PST
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Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: ebb tide
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posted on
01/06/2023 4:19:26 PM PST
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devane617
(Discipline Is Reliable, Motivation Is Fleeting..)
To: ebb tide
"...An Insider Tell-All Is About to Rip Pope Francis a New One..." There are people who pay good money for that.
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01/06/2023 4:20:00 PM PST
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rlmorel
("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
To: ebb tide
“Rip...Francis a new one...Gorgeous Georg...Faggioli?”
Really? Okay, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know and will just go on about my business.
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01/06/2023 4:31:16 PM PST
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familyop
("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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