Arinze and Ratzinger are the only ones I trust so far.
I am suspicious of creeping liberalism in the Church. We need the Church to maintain a hardline stance, perhaps an even harder stance than it does at the moment, not surrender to political correctness.
Regards, Ivan
A harder line on obedience to Roman Catholic dogma, agreed.
None of this lukewarm AmChurch 'democracy' garbage. I've had it up to my neck with it.
Precisely. Could not agree more.
Political correctness is the club used by the Secular Taliban to beat back believers----to oust religionists of every faith from claiming their rightful place in the public square.
PC needs to be quashed every place it raises it ugly head-----whether church or state.
Yeah, I'd much rather see a hardliner like Arinze as pope. And how great it would be to have an African pope! The African Catholics are in the front lines of a real religious war and are strong, hardened soldiers. They have much to teach the world. They deserve to be recognized and emulated.
I don't have a good feeling about this guy. He seems too "slick" and showy...
I agree with you totally. Some of the odds-on favorites (to be Pope) sound like socialists. I don't like it that Tettamanzi is "liberal when it comes to issues of social justice". And that: 'He called for "placing in common the welfare and the goods of all, material and immaterial, physical and spiritual" - prompting a blistering editorial last year from the newspaper Il Foglio blasting "the Communism of Tettamanzi."'
We do NOT need a Pope who is a Socialist/Communist. Good grief! Pope John Paul II fought AGAINST Communism. And here we have a Cardinal who wants to bring it back!