Posted on 04/21/2025 2:34:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Francis didn’t change Catholic teaching, but he pushed a moral relativism in which theology and doctrine are negotiable.
Pope Francis’ famous exhortation to Catholic youth just months after being elected the 266th pope of the Catholic Church in March 2013 was “Hagan lio!” — “make a mess!” Twelve years later, upon his death Easter Monday morning at age 88, it’s fair to say that Francis took his own advice, making a mess of his pontificate and leaving the Catholic Church in a state of confusion and disarray.
When he ascended the throne of Saint Peter as the first Jesuit pope and first pontiff to hail from outside Europe in over a thousand years, Francis caused a stir. He eschewed the pomp and circumstance of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, donning simpler clerical attire, refusing to take up residence in the papal palace, and referring to himself simply as “the bishop of Rome.” Here, it seemed, was a populist pope, a man of the people who not only promised to clean up the corruption in the Holy See but went out of his way to embrace the poor, the disfigured, the downtrodden — and made sure to be seen doing so.
To many Catholics, he was an unknown. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio, Francis was politically on the left, with strong anti-American and anti-conservative tendencies that would manifest themselves in the years to come. But he also had a reputation in Argentina for personal austerity and humility, doctrinal conservatism, and working closely with the poor. It was possible, in those very early days, to imagine that he could be a pontiff to bring together the warring factions of the church and forge a path into the 21st century for a united Catholic Church.
But it wasn’t to be. Early...
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In all deference to the headline, the same thing hss been happening to the Church since norvus ordo and the spirit of v2. Only thing francis did was bring it to the top!
He was our Obama...
Francis forgot the Church was built on Christ’s Teachings.
Francis would govern Rome as an autocrat whose “rule is shaped more by his rages and simmering resentments than by any theological agenda.”
Brother, the author said a mouthful. A small man, ill-tempered, intemperate in speech , bound by leftist ideology. He had charity for everyone except people who dared disagree with him
Ass-HOLINESS Pope Francis the Turd. Can the Catholic Church name two complete socialist losers to be Pope in a row? Except
Perhaps these questions will have to be settled by an ecumenical council tasked with cleaning up the mess Francis made.
Lord, spare us from that! The mess Francis made could be cleaned up by a Friday document drop by an orthodox Pope. It would be lovely to watch the secular press go apopletic as the last 12 years were erased in an afternoon.
Yabbut, other than that he was probably an okay guy.
My conspiracy theory is that he was installed because the church thought Obama had ushered in a socialist America, and the church needed to help push that agenda. Benedict supposedly resigned over health issues but in many ways was in better health for a long time before he died.
I hope the next Pope is Catholic.
I don't know that I agree. By serving as a counter-example, Pope Francis unified and hugely expanded the conservative and traditional elements of the Church. These include the majority of Catholics who actually believe in God, attend Mass, and are faithful to the rest of the Sacraments.
But now it would be good to have a Pope whose ambition is to serve Christ and His people.
Is a Pope biblical?
Is the Apostle Peter biblical?
Peter is a man. Pope is an office.
Even this born & raised Lutheran could see what a train wreck this Pope was.
What a shame. :(
And whoever is coming is going to be worse.
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