PopeWatch: Birds of a Feather

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Lead kindly light
Lead kindly light
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 6:22am

I’m probably going to have to confess this, but the term Troublesome priest comes to mind…

Stephen E Dalton
Stephen E Dalton
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 6:33am

It can’t happen )soon enough!

Frank
Frank
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 7:24am

Whoever wrote that hagiographic piece of fiction (the Medal citation) obviously failed to check with anyone in Argentina. As our host has remarked more than once, there are good reasons why Francis has never returned home since his installation as Pope.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 8:00am

@ Frank

Scratching my head on his reluctance to return…

When Pope John Paul II returned to Poland in 1979, nearly 300,000 people greeted him in Victory Square. Polish journalists called it the largest crowd to welcome a pope in Poland’s postwar history. (A I )

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Monday, January 13, AD 2025 8:56am

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The Bruised Optimist
The Bruised Optimist
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 9:19am

Yes, good Catholics Joe Biden, who has never had a healthy relationship with truth.

Anybody care to place bets on the amount of time that will pass between inauguration and the first criticism from Francis? I give it 3 days.

Madgalene
Madgalene
Monday, January 13, AD 2025 10:22am

More travesty/

SouthCoast
SouthCoast
Tuesday, January 14, AD 2025 2:37pm

Optimist, the Papal chastisement of Trump has already begun. He’s sending DC our Bishop.

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