We shall find out soon enough if they had reason to be nervous.
Conclave Watch: Francis Faction Nervous?
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Are things like these meant to be a message to fall in line to others? Maybe it’s the cynic in me, but I can’t help but wonder if this very public whining (yes, let’s call it what it is) doesn’t have a specific purpose in mind.
Unity?
(cough cough)
Say wwwwhat?
John 17:21, Jesus prays, “that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”
must have missed that…
Think it’s pretty clear that the “Francis Way” leads to division and disaster. From what little I’ve read, it seems the Cardinals recognize that there is a critical need to reestablish sound theology and liturgical practices. I’m not a fan of the TLM, but even I know that if we don’t go back to where Pope Benedict had the Latin Mass, the ability to reach younger Catholics in the USA & France is severely weakened. That’s not something a Pope or Church should have happen. And please, when the new Pope is on a plane, just sit up front, binge watch “Friends” and don’t say anything off the cuff!
Following up on Matthew’s excellent comment, I would only add that the next Pope would do well, as others have suggested here at TAC and elsewhere, to stay in Rome and stay out of the public eye except to celebrate the occasional Papal Mass for the banner days of the calendar. There is a lot of dreck for him to clear away from the Holy See, and it requires his full attention.
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More blather from Vatican City.
The refreshing part is that we don’t have to (try to) make it make sense like when it used to come from Francis.
I’m enjoying *that* while I can!
I saw that the National [c]catholic Reporter had floated Card. “Nite Nite, Baby” Tobin among the papabile. I expect more of these attempts to voice their preferred candidate into existence.
The progressive Church is a bad cross between the Parable of the Wicked Tenants and the Parable of the Dishonest Manager. In the Parable of the Wicked Tenants everything in the vineyard was put there by the householder. The tenants acted like they owned the vineyard. Christ had an interesting comment after this parable aimed at the chief priests and Pharisees:
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“43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing the fruits of it.” (Matthew 21:33-46 RSVCE)
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In the Parable of the Dishonest Manager the manager had the master’s debtors write-off their debts. This way, by way of dishonest conversion, the dishonest manager made them debtors to him. It could be viewed as being a form of bribery. According to Isaiah 33:15 the righteous will shake their hands lest they hold a bribe. How much of what is passed off as mercy is members of the hierarchy seeking to buy worldly acclaim and favor?
It’s interesting to see that after years of Francis making accommodations for Communist China at the expense of Chinese Catholics there, that the CCP had declined to send any delegation to Francis’ funeral. This from a nation that puts a great deal of value on ‘saving face’ and external marks of respect.
I think any Cardinal Elector paying attention should see that whatever Francis’ legacy might be, it increasingly appears to have been built on sand. I certainly hope the Cardinals consensus is that it will be pointless to double down on what seems to have been a pontificate of chaos and failure.
Oddly enough, I read a bit from Fishwrap this morning that claimed Patolin’s tide is ebbing. If so, one down…