tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post6940993114729251477..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : The revolution in the Catholic ChurchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-69982856189587186272018-11-18T21:40:19.248+02:002018-11-18T21:40:19.248+02:00
Quite an interesting text. It does seem to miss t...<br />Quite an interesting text. It does seem to miss the rather ironic twist that, while dismantling authority on the one hand, Francis in his actions, is on the other, turning out to be one of the most authoritarian popes in centuries.<br /><br />I dismissed it then, but even in the earliest days of his pontificate, one of my friends made the observation that the current pope is very much a peronist. His approach to issues and groups within the Church, echoes that of Peron under whom he grew up. The heading is quite correct in that peronism, as far as I understand, was an extremly populist movement.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-36103442247921281592018-11-18T20:13:28.257+02:002018-11-18T20:13:28.257+02:00I am not a Roman Catholic, but I used to admire th...I am not a Roman Catholic, but I used to admire the intellectual rigour of the Roman Catholic Church. Even in television (not unimportant) the Roman Catholic "Eternal Word" Television station was head-and-shoulders above the Protestant television stations in terms of theological rigour and quality of intellect. But now comes Pope Francis the First - a man who clearly does not really believe in anything, and (indeed) mocks traditional Catholic (and traditional Christian generally) beliefs. The words "is the Pope a Catholic?" used to be an ironic statement - but now it is a serious question, and the answer to "is the Pope a Catholic?" is NO he is not a Catholic. Unlike, for example, the Orthodox Church the Roman Catholic Church is very much centred on a MAN - the Pope, that has proved to be a terrible weakness in the case of Francis.Paul Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376632035812989444noreply@blogger.com