The image of Pope Francis clubbing a baby seal is irresistible.
This led to the unexpected election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, notorious in his native Argentina for a flamboyant vindictiveness that, as Pope Francis, he has directed at the clergy and lay people who accepted Benedict’s invitation to follow the ‘luminous trail’ of tradition. Last year he reimposed the restrictions on the Latin Mass without warning, accusing traditionalists of violating the wishes of the Second Vatican Council. His arguments were so crude that one wonders when he last looked at its documents –unusually for a Jesuit, he’s not much of a reader. But, by misrepresenting Vatican II in order to justify his liturgical seal-clubbing, Pope Francis has succeeded in turning many traditionalists against it – which may have been his intention. Meanwhile, he smiles exclusively on the far left ‘People of God’, whose conflation of the Council with gender ideology makes one wonder if the traditionalists are right – not about the gay masonic conspiracy (that’s only the nutty fringe) but in their belief that Vatican II produced rotten fruit.
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Interesting article and apt description”seal clubbing”
I noted the author mentioned the thinking of the American Right and wondered what he thinks he understands about that- as it is a mystery to many Americans.