Agree. Tough time for those Catholics who thought the Francis Avalanche was over. Dilexi Te follows Laudato si- both monumental encyclicals. Gone the days of a church focused only on what happens in bedrooms.
The fight continues to push for the poor and against racism, fascism. Less emphasis on homosexuals and welcoming care for the sick and pushing back on those who think migrants are just drug dealers and not humans looking to escape tyranny and injustice for their families- just like St Joseph himself.
Beautiful day for the Church, hopefully those upset remember the parable of the prodigal son - the Father welcomes all back.
Thank you ☺️ …. The last line of that sentence is key: “even if it did not happen by design.” at least not by the Cardinal’s design. They didn’t have an American in mind. It only came to mind after they were led to him….. maybe some thought after his election was near, “Oh, he’s from Chicago, great, maybe he’ll be able give them all a needed lesson…” 😉😉
I disagree. I think his choice was primarily due to the fact that as head of the Dicastery for Bishops he knew almost everybody through his job and nobody else was as well known to the others. One of the reasons he held the consistery and will be holding longer ones regularly is that he heard the complaints of his brother cardinals and strove to rectify the situation.
I think this is a much different papacy at the most basic level, specially because there isn't a Francis Avalanche. Leo is much more concise and prudent than Francis was. I see this more of a continuation of the JP2 and BXVI era where those things ARE spoken about.
Also, to imply that the church "Only focused on what happens in bedrooms" before 2013 is absurd.
If you think Leo is another JPII or Benedict XVI you will have a long wait ahead of you. Also, there is no indication Leo will look the other way on reports of pedophilia. This stings but needs to be recognized as horrific failings. So - the thought is that in both in doctrine and in day to day church management we are on a Francis path. This is good - embrace it.
Unfortunately our last four popes all have questionable decisions when it comes to clergy sexual abuse misconduct. Singling out JP2 and Benedict is not fair.
In terms of pedophilia- JPII and Benedict XIV set a new level on looking the other way. Read about Marcial Maciel and the Legionaires. Seriously- read about it. We must all be knowledgeable about it. This is just chapter one is an unfortunately large volume of pedophilia issues on both of them. The “Red Hat Report” forced Benedict to resign. They won’t tell you this at TLM parties but well known in circles that matter.
If you just have to bash Francis- then the one thing- Francis rush to canonize JPII before certain documents were released. That will be a tarnish that last.
Please don’t try to elevate those two by lumping Francis in with them.
The disgraced and excommunicated Vigano tried this by linking Francis to the allegations against Cardinal McCarrick. That backfired and documents proved Benedict XIV knew.
I am not sitting here and defending Benedict and JP2 but I am also not going to claim Francis has never mishandled abuse cases. Rupnick is a notable example.
You also did not answer my question of what it means to be on a "Francis Path" regarding doctrine and church governance. Apparently I'm not in a circle that matters enough to see the very clear changes in this papacy.
You are quite wrong in your looking at Benedict as failing to deal with pedophilia. He did and it was an issue he stressed. Francis, never met an abuser he didn't think was being calumniated. His record of standing up for abusers speaks horribly for itself.
"Many of the pope’s international concerns and diplomatic priorities seem to be quite similar to that of his predecessor."
I find it strange that Pope Francis is the basis for comparison. We have lots of good Popes recently--what leads the Pillar to neglect their "international concerns and diplomatic priorities"?
I guess a visit to Canada is out of the question? Should this country that espouses and enshrines: abortion (with no term limits), euthanasia, surrogacy, and ideological colonization with a "Catholic" prime minister be avoided? Would that be a fair assumption?
This is so much better than the Aixos and New York Times coverage. Thank you. Paying for a Pillar subscription is so worth it.
The Pope's speech was straight fire!! He took on EVERYONE!!! And he's not backing down!!
Agree. Tough time for those Catholics who thought the Francis Avalanche was over. Dilexi Te follows Laudato si- both monumental encyclicals. Gone the days of a church focused only on what happens in bedrooms.
The fight continues to push for the poor and against racism, fascism. Less emphasis on homosexuals and welcoming care for the sick and pushing back on those who think migrants are just drug dealers and not humans looking to escape tyranny and injustice for their families- just like St Joseph himself.
Beautiful day for the Church, hopefully those upset remember the parable of the prodigal son - the Father welcomes all back.
Check out my substack called Francis’ Final Act. I think you will like it.
Thank you ☺️ …. The last line of that sentence is key: “even if it did not happen by design.” at least not by the Cardinal’s design. They didn’t have an American in mind. It only came to mind after they were led to him….. maybe some thought after his election was near, “Oh, he’s from Chicago, great, maybe he’ll be able give them all a needed lesson…” 😉😉
I disagree. I think his choice was primarily due to the fact that as head of the Dicastery for Bishops he knew almost everybody through his job and nobody else was as well known to the others. One of the reasons he held the consistery and will be holding longer ones regularly is that he heard the complaints of his brother cardinals and strove to rectify the situation.
Will do!!
I think this is a much different papacy at the most basic level, specially because there isn't a Francis Avalanche. Leo is much more concise and prudent than Francis was. I see this more of a continuation of the JP2 and BXVI era where those things ARE spoken about.
Also, to imply that the church "Only focused on what happens in bedrooms" before 2013 is absurd.
If you think Leo is another JPII or Benedict XVI you will have a long wait ahead of you. Also, there is no indication Leo will look the other way on reports of pedophilia. This stings but needs to be recognized as horrific failings. So - the thought is that in both in doctrine and in day to day church management we are on a Francis path. This is good - embrace it.
Unfortunately our last four popes all have questionable decisions when it comes to clergy sexual abuse misconduct. Singling out JP2 and Benedict is not fair.
I am curious what you mean when you say we're on a Francis path in regard to doctrine and church management. Specifically on church management, there are very notable differences. I think this article articulates them very well: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/curia-massimo-leo-pope-vatican-faggioli-church-francis
Nice article. Thank for sharing.
In terms of pedophilia- JPII and Benedict XIV set a new level on looking the other way. Read about Marcial Maciel and the Legionaires. Seriously- read about it. We must all be knowledgeable about it. This is just chapter one is an unfortunately large volume of pedophilia issues on both of them. The “Red Hat Report” forced Benedict to resign. They won’t tell you this at TLM parties but well known in circles that matter.
If you just have to bash Francis- then the one thing- Francis rush to canonize JPII before certain documents were released. That will be a tarnish that last.
Please don’t try to elevate those two by lumping Francis in with them.
The disgraced and excommunicated Vigano tried this by linking Francis to the allegations against Cardinal McCarrick. That backfired and documents proved Benedict XIV knew.
I am not sitting here and defending Benedict and JP2 but I am also not going to claim Francis has never mishandled abuse cases. Rupnick is a notable example.
You also did not answer my question of what it means to be on a "Francis Path" regarding doctrine and church governance. Apparently I'm not in a circle that matters enough to see the very clear changes in this papacy.
You are quite wrong in your looking at Benedict as failing to deal with pedophilia. He did and it was an issue he stressed. Francis, never met an abuser he didn't think was being calumniated. His record of standing up for abusers speaks horribly for itself.
"Many of the pope’s international concerns and diplomatic priorities seem to be quite similar to that of his predecessor."
I find it strange that Pope Francis is the basis for comparison. We have lots of good Popes recently--what leads the Pillar to neglect their "international concerns and diplomatic priorities"?
Pope Francis gave the speech last year, Pope Leo this year. I think it’s that simple. 2013 was a long time ago, diplomatically speaking.
One interesting aspect is that Pope Leo XIV quoted Pope Benedict XVI more than Pope Francis.
I guess a visit to Canada is out of the question? Should this country that espouses and enshrines: abortion (with no term limits), euthanasia, surrogacy, and ideological colonization with a "Catholic" prime minister be avoided? Would that be a fair assumption?