Posted on 11/16/2016 1:36:06 PM PST by NYer
It appears that many Vatican officials are unhappy with Donald Trump’s presidential victory.
… Corriere della Sera reported Nov. 10 that, according to its research, most in the Vatican were backing Hillary Clinton as the ‘lesser evil.’ Trump, on the other hand, was considered ‘unelectable’ due to his ‘aggressive chauvinism,’ in addition to his threats to deport 11 million illegal Mexican immigrants and ban Muslims from immigrating to the United States.
Now that the ‘greater evil’ has won, the Vatican is viewing the United States as ‘angry and radicalized,’ Corriere della Sera wrote….
A ‘lot of incomprehension’ and ‘bitter shock’ were generally prevalent for many in the Vatican, agreed one U.S. official who spoke with the Register. Based on ‘failings of reporting,’ he said, Clinton was represented as far preferable to Trump, who was portrayed as a ‘buffoon,’ and reporting about Clinton’s shortcomings ‘never sunk in.’
Due to a general lack of understanding of the U.S. ‘culture wars’ in Italy, Clinton’s radical pro-abortion-rights position also hardly figured at all in media commentary.
I can’t help but wonder if the Vatican is becoming the enemy of authentic Catholicism. It sure seems that way. As for Pope Francis, I was certainly willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in the early months of his pontificate, as were most other orthodox Catholics. Sadly, his pontificate has turned out to be a huge disappointment.
He loves to give off-the-cuff remarks to members of the media about important moral matters that deserve far more serious and thoughtful treatment; he thrives on ambiguity in his speech and writing; he prides himself on being humble and merciful – “Who am I to judge? – yet his words and actions toward orthodox clergy and laity have been insulting and arrogant.
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Catholic ping!
Aren't Catholics into degrees of sin? How is abortion not as bad as deporting illegals?
Trump, on the other hand, was considered ‘unelectable’
Trump 1
Vatican 0
This is one Catholic that went all in for Trump
This Pope was elected to lead the flock in the wrong direction.
Well, that’s OK, I view the Vatican as communist and anti-Catholic.
I don't understand how the Vatican can be backing a woman who believes in abortion, even partial birth abortion.
Somebody explain to me how that happens?
The gay mafia still rules the Vatican.
They don’t know what’s going on here. They read Italian papers which just parrot CNN CBS wapost nytimes.
The Vatican is a political organization that operates not unlike Washington, D.C. Prone to the same turf battles and bias and corruption.
Except that it has been doing so for about 1500 years longer.
And there does not appear to be anybody to drain the swamp.
If donations from conservative American Catholics to the Vatican begin to decline, a papal visit to the US with many smiling photo ops at the White House will occur in early 2018.
What about the other 50 million+ ?
A communist, liberation-theology Pope, that’s how. Plus, he’s a moron.
The Pope should stick to his knitting or tend his flock or something. Hmmmm... doubt the flock wants him messing about in their wool either.
I am no longer a practicing Catholic, but I have gotten to the point where if the Vatican thinks something is bad, I am reflexively thinking it is probably good.
There is something wrong with this Pope. It seems more than just his nanny-state Marxist views.
Sadly I believe that you are correct.
All of this is being driven by what they feel is most likely to start refilling the collection baskets.
Yeah. Funny how that 11 million number from about 20 years ago seems to stick like glue.
It was probably wildly low back then, too.
Couple more Catholics here who voted for Trump and pretty much ignore this Pope.
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