tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post2743393564650325863..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Slippery SlopesFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-55026565990166285482018-07-08T14:07:55.223+01:002018-07-08T14:07:55.223+01:00We have had mediocre popes before; we have had sca...We have had mediocre popes before; we have had scandalous popes before. The previous two popes notwithstanding, not every pope has been a philosopher or scholar; the recent trend in canonizations notwithstanding, not every pope has been a saint. The Church can of course survive such.<br /><br /><br />Perhaps the problem was the priorities of the College of Cardinals, who reportedly wanted, Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843514873861242426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-52282649517705080802018-06-19T00:16:05.390+01:002018-06-19T00:16:05.390+01:00"In my case, it was not so much that PF decli..."In my case, it was not so much that PF declined to dress as a Bishop of Rome as his choice of an unheard-of papal name."<br /><br />When I heard the name, I was hoping against hope that - just possibly - it was actually for St. Francis Xavier, who was of course a famous missionary saint and indeed a great *Jesuit* saint. Still a mercurial and even iconoclastic choice, but one with someAthelstanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07346012062816580296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-89667634613498926712018-06-18T00:12:49.077+01:002018-06-18T00:12:49.077+01:00I knew something was wrong when he shortened his f...I knew something was wrong when he shortened his first Easter Vigil and still looked at his watch.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-33159259468668767712018-06-17T22:55:45.499+01:002018-06-17T22:55:45.499+01:00A very sad incident indeed.A very sad incident indeed.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06268059675228745592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-71764077317997424522018-06-15T09:54:08.605+01:002018-06-15T09:54:08.605+01:00This quote from Walter Farrel O.P. (elucidating Aq...This quote from Walter Farrel O.P. (elucidating Aquinas) says it all for me. Written over sixty years ago:<br />Beauty and goodness come into a man's life only in the train of truth. Even the enemies of beauty and goodness, making their burglarious entry must wear the disguise of the beautiful and the good. Perhaps the mind may never see through those disguises; but the heart of a man cannot Simple Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278399797941120022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-80045514872598232712018-06-14T13:46:09.010+01:002018-06-14T13:46:09.010+01:00@Lepanto: That is the way I felt. For me, there wa...@Lepanto: That is the way I felt. For me, there was no natural affection for PF when he entered into the public. Normally, when the Pope comes out, it is "love on first sight" for every Catholic. But with PF, I said "but I don't like him".<br /><br />The story is heart-breaking, really.Randolph Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696593312319487318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-15164408619205354872018-06-14T13:43:29.968+01:002018-06-14T13:43:29.968+01:00When Father Aidan Nichols says in public that the ...When Father Aidan Nichols says in public that the Pope may be teaching heresy, it is time to be alarmed.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824005176362146901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-54093984651014747162018-06-14T13:41:57.119+01:002018-06-14T13:41:57.119+01:00I always found it extremely shocking when liberal ...I always found it extremely shocking when liberal media insulted our Most Holy Father Benedict. I felt disgusted, and it was far from me to ever say anything negative about the Father of all Christians, and the Vicar of Christ. But, indeed, when PF appeared on the loggia, I knew immediately that something was wrong. In many conversations with my Father Confessor, he told me he felt the same way (Randolph Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16696593312319487318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-78888040061552239602018-06-14T13:05:01.496+01:002018-06-14T13:05:01.496+01:00Just an afterthought. The moment PF was introduced...Just an afterthought. The moment PF was introduced to the world from St. Peter's I thought his demeanor was funereal, akin to the Grim Reaper. Having thought about it more I am reminded too of the opening sequence for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour where the host accompanied by the music from The Funeral March Of A Marionette eased into an empty silhouette to fill it out. The clip is here (YouTubeLiam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-91971650224851331912018-06-14T05:56:34.453+01:002018-06-14T05:56:34.453+01:00Francis is imprecise enough in what he says that o...Francis is imprecise enough in what he says that one can assign him the benefit of the doubt in many individual cases, it is the cumulative effect of always having to apply that corrective filter that wears down the inhibition to question Francis more directly.<br /><br />The dysfunction and temperament of the present papacy seems to mirror the age - indifference and overemphasis on immanence at cyrus83https://www.blogger.com/profile/06055801885180497088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-56483725785470587852018-06-14T00:59:11.505+01:002018-06-14T00:59:11.505+01:00Amen, Father. Amen, Father. Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24172735721613091802018-06-13T21:50:52.842+01:002018-06-13T21:50:52.842+01:00I recall reading a blog comment by the mother of a...I recall reading a blog comment by the mother of a young Down's Syndrome girl who was a great 'fan' of Pope Benedict and who had his picture in pride of place in her room. She was very upset to hear that he would no longer be Pope but was comforted by her mother who told her that there would be a new Pope. She and her mother watched Francis emerge and the little girl burst into tears Lepantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02487748842744745860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-59513313043714548342018-06-13T17:14:07.021+01:002018-06-13T17:14:07.021+01:00On March 13, 2013, Rorate Caeli published this quo...On March 13, 2013, Rorate Caeli published this quotation:<br /><br />“Of all the unthinkable candidates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is perhaps the worst. Not because he openly professes doctrines against the faith and morals, but because, judging from his work as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, faith and morals seem to have been irrelevant to him.”<br />Highland Cathedralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07519428794618769856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-53934097158495348752018-06-13T17:09:03.473+01:002018-06-13T17:09:03.473+01:00Well, I still think he has his good side... But wh...Well, I still think he has his good side... But when you look at what he does, you see an even more objectionable picture than when you look at what he says. His objectively good moves seem to be the result of fickle moods or personal nostalgia.<br /><br />Shrug. I try to take him for what he is. He seems pretty good for the causes of fitting Argentinian saints, even if his reasons might be banalBansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-86907237291040536962018-06-13T12:11:50.087+01:002018-06-13T12:11:50.087+01:00Dear Father. Many shared your unease from the get ...Dear Father. Many shared your unease from the get go.<br /><br />The moment when it became obvious to ABS that he was unqualified to be Pope (to say nothing about being a priest), came less than a year into his reign.<br /><br />When he was exiting the Papal crypt, he espied a young altar boy standing in prayerful recollection and Bergoglio stopped to pry his hands apart.<br /><br />https://Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.com