Posted on 01/08/2023 3:31:36 PM PST by ebb tide
Vatican conservatives are waging a “secret plan” to put Pope Francis under such stress that he resigns, it has been claimed.
The campaign against the Argentinian pontiff began just days after the death of his predecessor, Benedict XVI.
Despite previously stating he will resign if his health deteriorates, it was thought highly unlikely that Francis would decide to step down while Benedict was still alive to avoid there being three Popes living in the Vatican – a situation without precedent that would have embarrassed the Catholic Church.
But with Benedict’s death on December 31, resignation is now a real prospect. That has opened the way for conservatives, who oppose his stance on issues ranging from homosexuality, abortion, communion for remarried divorcees and celibacy for priests, to start moving against him.
They have long seen him as being too critical of capitalism and too liberal on illegal immigration, with some going so far as to deride him as a “communist”.
“The secret plan will be formulated on various axes and phases, but it will have one objective – to place the pontificate under such stress that Francis will have to resign,” an Italian cardinal told La Stampa newspaper on Sunday.
“The opponents of Francis know that right now they are in a minority, that they will need time both to win consensus and to weaken Bergoglio,” said the cardinal, referring to Francis’s name before he became pontiff a decade ago.
Some of his enemies will operate “in the shadows’, while others will be more open in their criticism, the cardinal said.
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Pope Francis needs to focus on Christ.
Ping
Dream on.
Ha, we wish.
Sad to say it, but Bergoglio, called “a man sick for power” years ago by a nuncio, leaves the chair only one way... at room temperature.
And he would be replaced by... ?
If they havent agreed on a replacement and done a head count in the college of cardinals, strong likelihood theyre spitting into the wind.
Or not.
It’s a “secret.”
So nobody knows.
Conservatives resign. Example: Benedict. Example: Newt Gingrich
Liberals usually don’t resign. They love power too much. So they tough it out.
Example: Bill Clinton
Anything I can do to help?
Unfortunately cardinals selected by Pope Francis may be a majority of those voting in the next conclave. And of course it was cardinals picked by John Paul II and Benedict XVI who elected Francis. So would the next pope be from the same mold as Francis?
What’s your prediction here sir?
“ Unfortunately cardinals selected by Pope Francis may be a majority of those voting in the next conclave…”
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Not “may be”…. they DEFINITELY WILL BE IN THE MAJORITY. Sadly, it may well be that the Church has now been irretrievably subverted. I pray that’s not the case but fear it is.
Undercook his chicken.
Very Alinsky of MSN.
The Vatican could do even worse.
So they’re hoping to Gaslight the Pope.
For everything, there is a season.
The US Government is involved in this. It will support the leftists/liberals with all its power.
Therefore the entire story is bogus made up nonsense.
Intriguing. Any potential plots would likely involve the various factions such as the Jesuits, the Knights of Malta, etc, working in secret.
Any specific contender in waiting? Vigano for Pope!
BUT he carried his own luggage.
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