The church needs the Holy Spirit’s protection during the current “Argentinian captivity”. [allusion to the capture of the church by political forces, such as at Avignon]
Heh. I like that.
Great phrase! Argentinian Captivity...
The problem is that the Argentinian Captivity is backed mostly by Germans (obviously, in alliance with many Latin American German-inspired Liberation Theology types) and Francis is completely at their feet.
He’s not a smart or well-educated man, and in fact boasts of his ignorance. But also, like any Argentinian, he boasts about his lack of Spanish blood (his parents were Italian immigrants) and has total contempt for the Spanish-derived Catholic Church in Latin America.
So a lot of the Argentinian Captivity probably wants to elect its new pope from somewhere on the Rhine.