Posted on 11/29/2025 3:13:43 PM PST by ebb tide
Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, 61, has learned “everything I believe in about the Church from Francis,” he said according to Onet.pl after Leo XIV appointed him as Archbishop of Krakow on November 26.
Francis taught Cardinal Ryś “how to understand the Church”.
And: “I don't want another Church. I simply don't want it. I cannot imagine another Church than the one Francis taught us.”
Experience at Francis’ Tomb
Cardinal Ryś recounted an experience during the days leading up to the conclave. He visited Francis' tomb with Cardinal Konrad Krajewski. There, he said, he sought a word or sign to guide him: "Holy Father, say something to me. The conclave is approaching. Say something to me."
But he received no answer. It was then that he understood the significance of that silence: "I realised that everything I believe about the Church I had learned from him."
... in 2021, Ryś caused uproar among Catholics when he changed the liturgy during an open-air youth event called the “Arena of Youth ‘Reset,'” part of the broader Congress of New Evangelization.
Instead of the standard penitential rite of repeating “Lord, have mercy” three times, he invited participants to confess their sins aloud or privately. Additionally, he incorporated youth-submitted intentions at the “collect” prayer.
Ping
It never was, is not now, and never will be “Frank’s Church.”
That’s ... really disturbing. It’s supposed to be Jesus Christ’s Church, isn’t it? I suppose that the insane cult of personality around Bergoglio is going to take a while to crack up. Stalin died in 1953... but “de-Stalinization” didn’t kick in for 3 years.
Bishops that love too much - next Jerry Springer.
Sad!
“Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, 61, has learned “everything I believe in about the Church from Francis,” he said according to Onet.pl after Leo XIV appointed him as Archbishop of Krakow on November 26.” I don’t know padre, you might read “Catechism of the Catholic Church” and “The Essential Catholic Handbook”.
Jack ass didn’t learn much from Pope John Paul.
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