‘Fantasy’ Francis?
While some of the media’s claims about Francis are excessive, Coppen (Luke Coppen, editor of the Catholic Herald) argues that liberal Francis is a pure media invention.
However, not a week passes without some new papal statement or action to puzzle conservatives and embolden liberals.
Did the media invent the story about Francis washing the feet of a Muslim woman on Holy Thursday, a practice Benedict condemned? Did the media force Francis to say that the Church is too preoccupied with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception — a clear repudiation of Benedict’s emphasis on the “dictatorship of relativism”? Did the media appoint to his special commission of cardinals dissenters from Church teaching like Cardinal Reinhard Marx? Did the media initiate the harassment of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate for supposed traditionalist offenses? Did the media put the words “who am I to judge?” in the pope’s mouth as he talked about homosexuality? Did the media orchestrate his interview with heterodox fellow Jesuits in which he proudly said “I have never been a right-winger”?
Read more Here.
However, not a week passes without some new papal statement or action to puzzle conservatives and embolden liberals.
Did the media invent the story about Francis washing the feet of a Muslim woman on Holy Thursday, a practice Benedict condemned? Did the media force Francis to say that the Church is too preoccupied with abortion, gay marriage, and contraception — a clear repudiation of Benedict’s emphasis on the “dictatorship of relativism”? Did the media appoint to his special commission of cardinals dissenters from Church teaching like Cardinal Reinhard Marx? Did the media initiate the harassment of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate for supposed traditionalist offenses? Did the media put the words “who am I to judge?” in the pope’s mouth as he talked about homosexuality? Did the media orchestrate his interview with heterodox fellow Jesuits in which he proudly said “I have never been a right-winger”?
Read more Here.