[ebb tide]

In December 2013, Francis removed several members of the congregation seen as more conservative, including Cardinals Raymond Burke of the United States and Mauro Piacenza of Italy, replacing them with twelve new figures perceived as more centrist and pastoral.

Among that crop was Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., who had also been tapped by Francis as a member of the drafting committee for the final documents of his two Synods of Bishops on the family.

[fhayek]

Peter the Roman. Don’t know how. Just is.

[WKUHilltopper]

Pope=false prophet.

[BlatherNaut]

An incredible surprise.

[onedoug]

I suspect more and more that Francis dreams about his coming out mass.

[pleasenotcalifornia]

Pretty soon the color for Ordinary Time will be pink instead of green.

[bgill]

Way to kill the Catholic Church.

[MplsSteve]

As a practicing Catholic, it’s supposed to be a sin to speak badly of the Holy Father.

But yes, I have spoken badly of him on more than a few occasions - and I’m not sorry. This Jesuit piece of garbage is ruining the Catholic Church.

Like many great organizations and nations, the rot that’ll kill Catholicism is coming from within.

[Arthur McGowan]

The homosexuals among the bishops are fully in control, and Bergoglio is promoting all he can find.

[Arthur McGowan]

“Pro-homosexual,” in relation to Cupich, Wuerl, etc., is a journalistic euphemism.