[ClearCase_guy]

I'm not a Catholic, but this article seems totally whacked.

The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about?? This is traditionalism??

They now see a humble Pope, washing people's feet, avoiding senseless display, actively serving others, and they turn up their nose?? Oh! That's not what the church is all about! Heavens!!

Who writes this stuff?

[mnehring]

The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about??

Just the opposite really. The more I've been reading it, Vatican II is more open while traditionalists were more elitists (such as calling for a return to the Latin mass and condemning any deviance from that mass).

In the Anglican church, there is a similar schism with the "High" church and "Low" church. The High church is the elitist church that focuses on tradition to every jot and tittle. The "Low" church is more down to earth with the people. We still use The Book of Common Prayer but we are much more casual in service letting the Spirit guide, if you will. (not in an irreverent way of course).

This Pope seems to be somewhere between Pope John Paul II (Vatican II) and Benedict (Traditionalist).

[hinckley buzzard]

I'm with you. To expect the media to get the significance of the Pope's humble act is to expect music from swine. The servant-hearted priest washing the feet of the poor is about as traditional as a Christian can get.

[montag813]

The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about?? This is traditionalism??

Sounds like they want the Holy Roman Empire back.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I can't complain that Nicole Winfield/AP made this all up --- it's not like it's a fabricated, whole-cloth lie --- but it's so weirdly overblown.

Since when, EVER, did AP care about what a couple of Catholic blogs (and mainly one, Rorate Caeli) were saying about the Bishop of Rome? I mean, there are (rapidly calculating) 41,009 Catholic blogs --- or maybe that's 42,778 plus or minus 10,000 --- anyway, lots, and AP picks up on, maybe, TWO that are busting negative on the Pope?

It's just embarrassing to see how AP cranks up the Media Narrative Machine to parlay this microscopic kerfuffle into a freakin' schism.

That's no to deny that Liturgy is important. I'll put my bonafides right out there: I'm a foundng member of our parish Schola Cantorum and I am very ardently, personally committed to the restoration of the beautiful Latin Liturgy, right here in Upper East Tennessee. I think it is one of the keys to the sacred continuity and universality which is Christ's enduring gift to His Bride.

Having said that: give me a break, Associated Press. You don't know a zuccheto from a zucchini. The whole thing is useful to you because it's a way to foment factionalism. Respectfully, Miz Winfield: Butt Out.

And to all y'all, from us elitists in Upper East Tennessee: Christus Resurrexit and I don't mean maybe, Alleluia.

[Flick Lives]

They now see a humble Pope, washing people's feet, avoiding senseless display, actively serving others, and they turn up their nose?

How can the MSM make fun of the Catholic church if the Pope doesn't use the trappings the Leftists like to criticize .