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Clare K's avatar

This was an informative deep-dive into something I knew nothing about. Thank you, Edgar!

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Domus Aurea's avatar

Very informative article, thank you. I can't help but wondering if the Church (and Cardinal Bergoglio in particular) had always emphasised Christ crucified and the salvific mission of the Church, that he would be less likely to be used by any party. Pope John Paul II (both while cardinal in Poland and as pope) stayed pretty much on message, and traveled to the most hostile places to evangelise. It seems that Jesus alone can straddle the Crack (since both lower and middle classes claim for the most part to be Catholic).

I confess that I have no access to his homilies while he lived there, but the significant decline in vocations indicates that the local church may have lost its way.

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