Cardinal Sarah is is one of my heroes. Too bad he isn’t our present Pope.
My thoughts, too.
You know, eleven years ago, when B16 made the disastrous decision to resign and the conclave was impending, there were voices in the Church clamoring, “It’s about time for African pope!” It was the Obama era, and I have to admit that my reaction was, “Oh, for crying out loud, we’ve got an affirmative action president. Do we need an affirmative action pope too?” And what I meant by that was not that I opposed the idea of an African pope, but that it was annoying to suggest that a pope should be selected because he was African.
But now the great irony is that I am forced to admit that if the 2013 conclave had gone that route, and adopted the position that it was Africa’s turn to get a pope, whatever African they’d have picked would likely have been a million times better and more Catholic than Bergoglio. So, I’ll admit it... I was dead wrong. I understand the logic of my position, but sometimes that right thing can happen for the wrong reasons. And any African pope would have saved us from the Bergoglian papacy.
Your words to God’s ears!
“Cardinal Sarah is is one of my heroes. Too bad he isn’t our present Pope.”
When Google AI showed a black Pope, I just said that I wish it were true...