Looks like an interesting book. I have purchased it and I will report back after I have read the 1,885 pages. For future popes I would recommend the Francis pontificate as an example of what not to do.
The Disastrous Pontificate
- 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.
Sadly, though smarter and nicer, Robert Prevost is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
1885 pages?! obviously a target rich environment.
1885 pages?!
Must just be Vol. 1
“Must just be Vol. 1.” 😆
CAG, you may have something there. Remember the “Denzinger-Bergoglio” website? It was started by some priests in Spain, to catalog the departures of Francis from previous Church teachings and practices. They threw up their hands and gave up after about three or four years, because they couldn’t keep up with all the errors and changes. The site still exists, however, and provides much solid information.
https://en-denzingerbergoglio.com/studies/
876 pages. Not small, but still.
As one with a minor competence in History, it is my belief that this papacy will be placed on the back shelf along with a number of others of no distinguishing memory. The Church has seen his like before though in somewhat different form, a placeholder with only the notations “successor of” and “followed by”.
I dunno Donald Link, I’d love to think the Francis pontificate would have no lasting ill effects, but Francis promulgated an awful lot of error, and unless we get a Pope with the courage to anathemize it all, that stuff is just going to sit there and sow confusion. The synodal nonsense alone is a cancer.
It is just too easy to be a Francis-sellout, a Leo copycat, and pull a McElroy, a Weisenburger, or a Cupich and buy yourself higher church office as a putative Democrat political operative.
Yet some get the message. MI State Representative Karen Whitsett here in Detroit does:
“ A Michigan Democrat state representative has announced she won’t run for reelection because her Christian faith is incompatible with remaining in her party, particularly considering its stances on social issues.”
“For me, it is impossible to be a faithful follower of Jesus Christ while remaining a member of the Democratic Party as it exists today. I cannot reconcile that platform with Scripture,” Rep. Karen Whitsett told a local news outlet on Monday.
“I will not be seeking reelection for this office, and I will not be running for any office ever again,” she added. “This is not a political calculation—it’s a spiritual decision.”
“Whitsett told WDIV-TV Local 4 that she will remain civically engaged and support leaders across party lines who are committed to improving lives and strengthening families based on the Bible.”
“She mentioned specific social issues where she said the Democrat Party platform irreconcilably conflicts with the Bible’s teaching.”
“That conviction includes the issues I cannot reconcile with Scripture: abortion, the normalization of the gay lifestyle, and the push to redefine gender,” Whitsett explained. (From The Daily Signal)
Whitsett: More courage than nearly any US church “leader.”
The Democrat party down not allow dissent. I wish she’d run as an independent, Steve … It would be nice to have virtuous people on the ballot for a change.