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"If they had elected someone like me, who makes a big mess, he would not have been able to do anything," he (Bergoglio) said. "Benedict XVI was a man who went with the new style, and it wasn't easy for him. He found a lot of resistance inside the Vatican."
1 posted on 04/01/2024 4:23:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

ANTI pope. NOT the Pope.


2 posted on 04/01/2024 4:28:09 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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He said he had received 40 of the 115 votes from among the cardinal-electors in the Sistine Chapel -- "enough to stop the candidacy of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, because if they would have kept voting for me he would not have been able to reach the two-thirds needed to be elected pope."

Like his fellow "devout Catholic", Joe Biden, Bergoglio is a notorious liar.

He has also broken an oath he had taken:

"Strictest Secrecy": Francis Breaks His Oath

We, the cardinal electors present at this election of the Supreme Pontiff, promise, pledge and swear, as individuals and as a group, to faithfully and scrupulously observe the prescriptions contained in the Apostolic Constitution of the Supreme Pontiff John Paul II, Universi Dominici Gregis, published on 22 February 1996.

We also promise, pledge and swear that whoever is elected Roman Pontiff by Divine Providence will faithfully carry out the munus Petrinum of Pastor of the universal Church and will not fail to affirm and vigorously defend the spiritual and temporal rights and freedom of the Holy See.

In a special way, we promise and swear to observe with the greatest fidelity and with all persons, clerical and lay, the secrecy of everything that in any way relates to the election of the Roman Pontiff and of everything that happens in the place of the election, directly or indirectly related to the results of the election.

We promise and swear not to break this secret in any way, either during or after the election of the new Pontiff, unless expressly authorised by the same Pontiff; and never to support or favour any interference, opposition or other form of intervention by which secular authorities of whatever order or degree, or any group of persons or individuals, could intervene in the election of the Roman Pontiff. "

In this case, the "same Pontiff" would have been Pope Benedict, not Bergoglio.

3 posted on 04/01/2024 4:36:04 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

This guy is bonkers.


4 posted on 04/01/2024 4:37:48 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread")
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To: ebb tide

And he admits he makes a mess.


5 posted on 04/01/2024 4:39:20 PM PDT by Trump_Triumphant ("They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread")
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To: ebb tide

Ebby, ebby, ebby do you have a specific complaint about the two Popes mentioned, or one in particular, or are you just throwing this up?


6 posted on 04/01/2024 4:39:24 PM PDT by Oystir ( )
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To: ebb tide

What is the Pope doing? He writes a behind the scenes expose of the most secret and important decision the Catholic Church can make. There are still many Catholics who view the papal election as the work of the Holy Spirit. Bergolio has made it a poor imitation of Tammany Hall.
DISGRATZIATA!!!


14 posted on 04/01/2024 5:19:26 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: ebb tide

The words of the Pope are worth even less than the words of Biden. Think about that.


16 posted on 04/01/2024 6:04:27 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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