Father Z gives us a summary of the latest airplane interview of the Pope, airplane interviews being the most Illuminating, yes that is the word, way in this pontificate to learn what the Pope is thinking:
What news did my mail and chat bring me today?
Corriere della Sera has, in Italian, Francis’ remarks on the airplane ride back to Rome after his trip in E. Europe.
UPDATE: The Vatican Press Office official transcript HERE – in some respects even worse than the CdS.
Some points.
Mind you, some will read his remarks and will – rightly – say that Francis didn’t quite say that. And, true enough, if you read very closely you can find a way out of the plain meaning of his words. The plain meaning. It is the plain meaning, not the nuanced escape, that will be picked up by the Fishwrap (I haven’t looked today but they probably still have the conga line going.), the papalatrous, the New catholic Red Guards and flung into the teeth of anyone who cites Catholic teaching. The Church could teach something clearly for a thousand years, but one comment on an airplane overturns everything. Their explanation? “Shut up!”, they explain.
So… some points:
- He promotes “the jab” without reserve.
- He took a cheap shot at Card. Burke, who had COVID-1984.
- He basically says we have to give pro-abortion politicians Communion or we are being political, not pastoral. It’s what God would do.
- He compared denial of Communion to the 1572 St Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and to burning witches.
- He approved of same-sex legal unions.
- In Slovakia he publicly rehabilitated a bishop dismissed in 2012 who had created a network of homosexual priests. This in La Nuova Bussola – HERE.
Meanwhile, he has cruelly trampled on the hearts of the faithful who merely desire traditional liturgical worship.
I note with fairness that Francis clearly states that a civil union is not sacramental matrimony and that abortion is homicide. But it shouldn’t ever be in question that popes would hold to those truths.
Go here to read the rest. What a kidney stone of a pontificate. Heckuva job Conclave of 2013, heckuva job.
Is Himself attempting to out-compete China Joe in stupidity?
Under which Pope did these airplane interviews begin?
The Pope should not be accessible for commentary on a casual basis for opportunistic news reporters. Is there nobody in his circle prudent enough to advise him against doing ad hoc plane interviews…?
The Conclave, I suspect, got exactly the kind of “Catholic” pope that they wanted. Maybe, just maybe, God will knock him off his horse, like Saint Paul? Imagine someday soon, being eager to pray to this St. Francis of “Who am i to Judge.”
The Pope appears to be living out the Parable of the Dishonest Manager. It is much easier and faster to fix tickets than it is to fix sinners.
Ezabelle –
Thanks for the video Pinky. The press back in St JP2 pontificate was miles different than the press today under Pope Francis. Mind you, we aren’t going to be fortunate enough to have another St JP2 in our lifetime with his charisma and ability to lift the individual with his words. He was something special.
Agreed, and he was followed by a theologian who would never have spoken incomplete thoughts. Exceptional people can set disastrous precedents.
“Thou are Peter and under this Rock I will crush My Church, and the Gates of Hell will have a field day.” That ain’t the way it goes. If Francis is the pope, the papacy becomes meaningless.
The Cardinals who chose this man were chosen by John Paul II and Benedict XVI. I admired both. Without their choices Bergolio would not be Pope, or even a Cardinal. Why such poor choices, or maybe you approve of their actions?
As Alfred E.Newman of the wonderful magazine called “ MAD” would say “ What? Me Worry?”
This all classic , mumbo jumbo , by this member of the school of nonsense doing everything to criminalize all things “ Roman Catholic” !
St Athanasious , pray for the Church
@JRP, I don’t really know why such bad choices were made, of course, but understanding the way bishop appointments have been handled for the past couple of centuries or so, the Pope has to trust people to bring him truthful information about the candidates and then make a prudent judgment himself. Obviously if the people he has to trust turn out to be less than fully worthy thereof, problems will ensue. Also there are reports out there saying that JP2 was duly warned by the Jesuits themselves not to elevate Bergoglio to the episcopacy, but he went ahead and did so, making him Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998. The Cardinal’s red hat was virtually automatic for anyone in that position at that time, and followed shortly thereafter.