Re: video of the podcast. Personally, I would not watch it because I like to listen while driving or doing housework. If I'm looking at a screen I'd rather be reading or watching something where the visual is really key to the experience. I'm already a subscriber though.
Here is my brief characterization of recent popes, John Paul I, council father, John Paul II the Great, council father, theologian, pope for the poor, Benedict XVI, theologian, and pope Francis, pope for the poor, of course. Conclusion, the papacy is continuous, but popes for the poor cannot do finances, which is because poor people have little money, and this is a perfectly legitimate charisma. However, after these four all great popes, who took us from the council into the third millenium, and who gave us great theology, and who cared for the poor, however poorly, it seems that nothing remains to do, because only everything still remains to do, always. As regards the council, true Christian unity, as regards theology, belief in divine revelation, as regards the poor, to love one another. In other words, the liturgeia, the kerygma, and the diakonia, respectively, the well known three charismas in Christendom. Pope Francis seems to be the last of four great popes who have done their best to realize the council. The poor are always among us. Probably, forthcoming popes will be less spectacular, as the media will loose interest. If it is true that rumours have it that pope Francis wishes to put his pastoral marks on the curia and on the college of cardinals, still the next pope will be none like him. The Church cannot reform any further. She can only continue to carry out her aspirations through the Holy Ghost for Christian unity, for deep theology, and for the poor. The next pope cannot surprise us anymore, because with approximately fourty years since the death of the blessed pope Paul VI (who visited the Holy Land), we are perhaps through the reform desert, but exhausted. Hence, the Roman papacy will settle down into its usual pastoral and administrative boredom, and the media will soon forget it. This is actually good for Christian unity from below, for moral theology, and for the poor. The Church cannot satisfy popular demand for novelties and scandals. It is forever young. It cannot change its holy traditions. Pope Paul VI also gave to the world, religious liberty. To the Church, he gave Humanae Vitae. The media simply do not get that Christians actually believe in Jesus Christ. Pope Francis travelled to Iraq and met with Christians and with muslims alike, to preach fraternity and love for neighbour. He was met by the Iraqi people with fraternity and love. The gospel pours this from deep sources, namely from three persons in one God, to become theological, and from communion of the saints in divine liturgy, united in God. Somehow, the rest of this century will be on behalf of persecuted Christians, aborted unborn children, and the poor, all unnoticed by the media, and perhaps even by popes who can do little to convert politicians. The Church will prosper greatly from below, on the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, it seems. Blessed Mary, mother of God, pray for us!
Re: video of the podcast. Personally, I would not watch it because I like to listen while driving or doing housework. If I'm looking at a screen I'd rather be reading or watching something where the visual is really key to the experience. I'm already a subscriber though.
Here is my brief characterization of recent popes, John Paul I, council father, John Paul II the Great, council father, theologian, pope for the poor, Benedict XVI, theologian, and pope Francis, pope for the poor, of course. Conclusion, the papacy is continuous, but popes for the poor cannot do finances, which is because poor people have little money, and this is a perfectly legitimate charisma. However, after these four all great popes, who took us from the council into the third millenium, and who gave us great theology, and who cared for the poor, however poorly, it seems that nothing remains to do, because only everything still remains to do, always. As regards the council, true Christian unity, as regards theology, belief in divine revelation, as regards the poor, to love one another. In other words, the liturgeia, the kerygma, and the diakonia, respectively, the well known three charismas in Christendom. Pope Francis seems to be the last of four great popes who have done their best to realize the council. The poor are always among us. Probably, forthcoming popes will be less spectacular, as the media will loose interest. If it is true that rumours have it that pope Francis wishes to put his pastoral marks on the curia and on the college of cardinals, still the next pope will be none like him. The Church cannot reform any further. She can only continue to carry out her aspirations through the Holy Ghost for Christian unity, for deep theology, and for the poor. The next pope cannot surprise us anymore, because with approximately fourty years since the death of the blessed pope Paul VI (who visited the Holy Land), we are perhaps through the reform desert, but exhausted. Hence, the Roman papacy will settle down into its usual pastoral and administrative boredom, and the media will soon forget it. This is actually good for Christian unity from below, for moral theology, and for the poor. The Church cannot satisfy popular demand for novelties and scandals. It is forever young. It cannot change its holy traditions. Pope Paul VI also gave to the world, religious liberty. To the Church, he gave Humanae Vitae. The media simply do not get that Christians actually believe in Jesus Christ. Pope Francis travelled to Iraq and met with Christians and with muslims alike, to preach fraternity and love for neighbour. He was met by the Iraqi people with fraternity and love. The gospel pours this from deep sources, namely from three persons in one God, to become theological, and from communion of the saints in divine liturgy, united in God. Somehow, the rest of this century will be on behalf of persecuted Christians, aborted unborn children, and the poor, all unnoticed by the media, and perhaps even by popes who can do little to convert politicians. The Church will prosper greatly from below, on the outpouring of the Holy Ghost, it seems. Blessed Mary, mother of God, pray for us!