– I went to review the video of the translation of the body of Blessed XVI On January 2, 2023, one day after his death. It took place at 7 in the morning, still dark, obviously with Piazza San Pietro empty and the equally deserted basilica. Almost secretly, it comes to think, given that Pope Francis’ translation took place instead of early morning allowing many to go to pay him homage even during the ceremony. It is said that it was the desire to Ratzinger. Or perhaps a way to avoid putting the reigning pope in difficulty and just deceased?
– the difference between the papacy of Bergoglio and that of Ratzinger Everything is in this answer to an interview to Benedict XVI. They asked him: the Church must become more active, more critical, perhaps even more political? He replied: «More active and more critical certainly. In recent years the Church has been too busy with itself. In recent decades, the Church in Germany in the political sphere has made its voices strongly heard – and reason – in favor of the fundamental values. It is important, but the impression must not be born that faith is exhausted in a kind of political moralism. The central message of God, of Jesus Christ, of temporal and eternal salvation must again perceive himself, because the Church It is not an organization for improving the world». It is not an organization for the improvement of the world. Clear? It is okay that you preach welcome, respect for life, the fundamental values, but then it must mainly deal with the mystery “of eternal salvation”. For the rest there is politics.
– Needless to be there to deal: the movement of faithful to pay homage to Francis It is enormous.
– In 2015 in the US 90% of Catholics supported Pope Bergoglio. In 2024, ten years later, the popularity of the religious leader had fallen to 75%. Who is the fault? For the Courierof Trump of course, who would have fomented the Catholic conservative wing Against the “openings” to the last (gay, migrants, divorcing you) by Pope Francis. In practice, The Donald would have mounted “the wave against the excesses of goodism” and the “so -called Wake culture”. Eh no, gentlemen. The truth is that the wave of goodism did not cause it Trump. If anything, the US President ride it, like many others in Europe. The current “fans” of Pope Francis, intellectuals & co., The same that in the morning his externalizations on homosexual unions pulled on the actual “fans and excess of respects and politically correct excesses and excessed on attacks on the attacks on attacks on” hired abortion “doctors.
– That the truth is this: Scalfari, Republic etc. etc. they dreamed of a pope who was not pope, that is, that he denated the magisterium and the morale of the Church in full. Bergoglio in part approached the Lodo desiredbut after all, in the end, he also disappointed them.
– I understand the need to honor Francesco. And it is right that Italy pays homage to him. But he was the Pope of the migrants, of the reception, not exactly a liberalist, I do not understand why the government of center -right it must necessarily put it on the catafalco.
– of which Dad it needs the Church? Neither progressive, nor traditionalist. We need a pope of the sacred, who recovering the liturgy, the importance of the mystery, which focuses more on Christ and less on the social message.
– Donald Trump does not send them to say. And we have understood this by now.
But when he talks about the war in Ukraine says what, with hypocrisy, other governments do not have the courage to affirm: that is, that the CrimeaUkrainian Constitution or not, is lost and will no longer return. Struggle means living out of reality.