‘The Dictator Pope’ Reveals Francis as ‘Downright Vindictive’: Catholic Commentator

LifeSite News ^ | 12/19/17 | Dorothy Cummings McLean

[marshmallow]

MASSACHUSETTS, December 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – A leading American Catholic newsman and commentator has praised The Dictator Pope, the explosive new book that claims to reveal the “true nature of Francis’s pontificate,” for providing “a valuable service” to Catholics globally.

Phil Lawler, the editor of Catholic World News and director of Catholic Culture, praised the book for its “valuable insights” into Pope Francis character.

“The most valuable service provided by the author of The Dictator Pope is the psychological portrait of the Pope,” Lawler wrote in Catholic World Report. The book reveals “a man who follows in the footsteps of Juan Peron, the demagogic Argentine political leader of young Bergoglio’s formative years.”

“Manipulative, hypersensitive, and often downright vindictive, Pope Francis is certainly not the cheerful populist that his supporters make him out to be,” he wrote.

Lawler said that the work was “important.” He called it the “product of a great deal of solid reporting” and noted that when the author wrote about events with which the newsman himself was familiar, Lawler “found his treatment accurate.”

These included such “sad tales” as the “manipulation of the Synod of Bishops, the destruction of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, the takeover of the Knights of Malta, [and] the intimidation of members of the Vatican staff.”

“Pope Francis has encouraged young Catholics to ’make a mess’; the book shows that he has followed his own advice,” Lawler observed.

However, he noted two great drawbacks to the book. First, because the English edition is solely electronic and therefore has no publisher, no publicity campaign, and no presence in bookstores, The Dictator Pope is unlikely to come to the attention of the general public. Thus, the book is unlikely to influence public opinion.

Second, the book runs the risk of being disbelieved.....

[Cubs Fan]

Not suprrised leftists are usually sanctimnoious a-holes in real life. They think that being leftists makes them good people.

[Gay State Conservative]

I don't know much about Pope Benedict so I cannot express any kind of opinion with any degree of credibility.But John Paul II was an exceptionally good man...and Pope.

OTOH,everything I read about the current Pope is in direct contradiction to what the nuns taught us in the 50's and 60's.

EVERYTHING!

[jospehm20]

Most liberals are vindictive jerks.

[MtnClimber]

The radical muslim pope is likely not to die a natural death by my assumptions.

[Mrs. Don-o]

JP2 and B16 were both Catholics.

This one...

[foreverfree]

Bump

[Slyfox]

Catholic Spring? Anyone?

[gaijin]

I hear he swears worse than a sailor, too.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I have a lot of respect for Lawler and listen to him more than to most other Catholic opinionistas.

[ealgeone]

I would imagine there are a good number of pope’s in Roman Catholicism history that many modern day Roman Catholics would have a problem with.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Ike and Mamie Eisenhower visited Argentina in the 50’s. Mamie spent some time with Evita Peron. She would later write about what a hollow, vapid, phony B.S. artist that woman was.