Really?
The "old brand" of Catholicism goes much further back than Francis.
Incoherent screed. Do you just post anything you can find?
You might make me a believer again after that...
This guy is definitely the Kardinal of the Kremlin.
Check out the book “AA-1025” when you get a chance. Seems it came true.
Amen! “One thing is for certain. We will never be silent again. We are guardians of something. The Bear does not want to label it, because it does not belong to this faction or that. But he thinks his readers know what he’s talking about. We encourage one another — and it is just as much readers encouraging ephemerists as the other way around. Pope Francis and his minions are learning that whatever they do in public will be challenged by some very smart and talented people. (And also, the Bear.) It obviously bothers them.
And the Bear says ultramontanism is solemn nonsense. “
I am a friend of the Bear. In fact he is the person who introduced me to Free Republic 20 years ago. His knowledge of, and study of the Faith is the greatest of anyone I know. Thank you for posting.
"...The paradox is this: Francis is the first pope since St. John XXIII who had no role whatsoever in the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), yet Vatican II arguably is the foundation of his entire papacy. As Galeazzi puts it, “Francis’ program is the council … the realization and actualization of the conciliar spring.”..."
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http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/05/11/new-book-says-vatican-ii-key-to-understanding-pope-francis/