That he will not succeed will prove one more mark of the Divine Guidance of the Church.
Scott Hahn (a fairly well known former Presbyterian Minister who is now a professor at Franciscan University) once quipped that if a Protestant Church were run the way the Catholic Church is run, it wouldn’t last five minutes.
Pius VI is alleged to have said to Napoleon: You silly little man, you think that you can destroy the Church, when we and our priests haven’t been able to do so in 18 centuries?
I believe that, by the grace of God, we will survive Francis, but I’m not sure that makes the whole thing that much less painful.
Pius VI is alleged to have said to Napoleon: You silly little man, you think that you can destroy the Church, when we and our priests haven’t been able to do so in 18 centuries?
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I actually did laugh out loud at that one....