News that PopeWatch missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
WORLD — After a series of shocking unbiblical statements from the Supreme Pontiff, the Catholic Church officially distanced itself from Pope Francis.
“Honestly, we’re not sure how this guy got in here to begin with,” said a spokesperson for the Vatican. “We think there was some kind of mistake with the vote counting or something. It’s weird. It’s possible we accidentally elected some guy off the street who never read a Bible and he’s been kissing babies and determining our theology for years. Boy, wouldn’t that be embarrassing!”
Sources from the Vatican confirmed that they are convening to discuss what to do with Francis, and whether they can replace him without causing a schism in the Roman Catholic church.
“Whatever we do, we should probably get rid of this guy and find someone qualified,” said the spokesperson. “Yesterday, I asked him what his favorite Psalm was and he said ‘Piano Man.’ This is not good.”
Go here to read the rest. Well, there is always the Julius II approach to his predecessor:
“I will not live in the same rooms as the Borgias lived. He desecrated the Holy Church as none before. He usurped the papal power by the devil’s aid, and I forbid under the pain of excommunication anyone to speak or think of Borgia again. His name and memory must be forgotten. It must be crossed out of every document ad memorial. His reign must be obliterated. All paintings made of the Borgias or for them must be covered over with black crepe. All the tombs of the Borgias must be opened and their bodies sent back to where they belong — to Spain.”
A Cadaver Synod would hammer the point better I think. Along with suppressing the Jesuits once and for all.
The virus of modernism rises from the grave from time to time to plague the Church. Happens when conclaves think they they need an “updated” Pontiff. Does not seem to work well most of the time. While Borgia may have been an unsatisfactory person, he was quite orthodox in theological matters. Julius II reigned more in the manner of the Spanish and French monarchs.
Thing is, most of the hierarchy know good and well how Bergoglio got elected. He’s one of them. As I’ve said before, this pontificate is more the PRODUCT of the rot in the Church than the CAUSE of it.