[Mrs. Don-o]

To rely on the Scalfari's, uh, "dynamic equivalence," "fake but accurate," pontificofiction is foolish, since --- as you yourself know--- there isn't a single direct quote from Pope Francis in the whole thing. Whoever decided to put it up on the Vatican website was a fool --- whoever decided to take it down, did it too late to escape either cynicism or ridicule. It does not constitute a delict against doctrine. It does represent poor judgment on the part of a variety of people, not excluding Pope Francis.

To pull this out of the fergit-it file and go over it again is just to needlessly extend the foolishness.

[ebb tide]

Well a fool of a pope vetted it before it was posted on the Vatican website; and it was up for quite a while.

Don’t you think you’re carrying the hermeneutic of continuity to an extreme? The Catholic Church was governed by Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict for over 34 years. Now Francis comes in and announces he plans to “change” that Church; “to make a mess”.

Cardinal Kasper could also exclaim, “I’m a son of the Church!” That doesn’t mean he is one.

Nancy Pelosi has insisted she’s a “good Catholic”. Cardinal Burke thought otherwise:

“Certainly this is a case when Canon 915 must be applied,” Burke in a Sept. 5 interview with The Wanderer, a national Catholic weekly, CNS News reported Monday. “This (Pelosi) is a person who obstinately, after repeated admonitions, persists in a grave sin — cooperating with the crime of procured abortion — and still professes to be a devout Catholic.”

We all know what Francis thinks of Cardinal Burke, don’t we?

[ebb tide]

I see you change you tag line as often as Francis insults Catholics.