The archbishop did not shy away from pointing out that the Pope’s reliance on “his personal discernment” is made in preference to the time-tested wisdom of prior popes and the Church throughout the centuries.
“He seems to put much more emphasis on his personal discernment than on the discernment of past popes and the general discernment of the Church through the centuries,” Chaput remarked.
Ping
He was always free to speak his mind.