tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post8122735155524395208..comments2024-03-28T02:22:35.857-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: Rector of the Lateran University: "Pope Francis Represents a Break With His Predecessors"Tancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-89456938137270673112014-01-11T12:01:53.912-08:002014-01-11T12:01:53.912-08:00Hi Barbara. Sorry, I haven't been back since I...Hi Barbara. Sorry, I haven't been back since I left the comment so just seen your question. I wasn't specifically thinking of 'bad popes' but more about difficult times for the faithful. On popes, I suppose we haven't had much worse, although I guess time will ultimately be the judge of that and I just hope and pray things will improve. What do you think? God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-73004229742441013022014-01-09T14:53:42.893-08:002014-01-09T14:53:42.893-08:00Chris, thank you for your reply to my comment, Can...Chris, thank you for your reply to my comment, Can you tell me which Pope was worse and why he was worse?<br /><br />Thanks a lot,<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-42439995726421060252014-01-09T12:15:15.469-08:002014-01-09T12:15:15.469-08:00He sounds like a puffed up Modernist.For his own s...He sounds like a puffed up Modernist.For his own sake and ours,I hope he sees the Light.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369518821913414254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-25710545103586793212014-01-09T09:17:11.173-08:002014-01-09T09:17:11.173-08:00Sir/Madam:
What, precisely, are you trying to say...Sir/Madam:<br /><br />What, precisely, are you trying to say with this comment. As it stands it is incomprehensible.schmenznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-27493433544894255192014-01-09T07:58:30.050-08:002014-01-09T07:58:30.050-08:00This clown gets up every Sunday and professes to b...This clown gets up every Sunday and professes to believe in "one" Church. Yet, in practice, he believes in 2: before Vatican II, and after. That isn't Catholicism, sorry. The enemy is in our midst. JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149137656710173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-27445166941913289582014-01-09T06:51:52.494-08:002014-01-09T06:51:52.494-08:00Pope Francis will re org the church. Dont like the...Pope Francis will re org the church. Dont like the Idea of 2 Pope at the Vatican ??? The Pope shouls continue with Cardinal Burke..Give him a one way ticket to another assignment out of the Vatican, Rome, Italy.<br />Parish Priest would be a good assignment in Ice Land..The end of money clergy to gratify themselves. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-89444938680783177662014-01-09T06:24:22.627-08:002014-01-09T06:24:22.627-08:00Francis is a break of the worst kind; he is barely...Francis is a break of the worst kind; he is barely comprehensible half the time theologically; actually indulges in name calling, and spends most of his preaching time setting up predictable and illusory straw men, and beating the hell out of them. Obama does the same. It's tedious. Offer it up as penance. JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149137656710173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-20023416943112604192014-01-09T03:01:16.252-08:002014-01-09T03:01:16.252-08:00I empathise very much with your (on-going) experie...I empathise very much with your (on-going) experience of Pope Francis, Barbara - as I'm sure many people do. It's such a fine-line between 'despair' and trusting that God will see us through - I'm increasingly focusing on the latter because of course He will - the Church has had much worse in its history and despite the apparent mess, Francis is Petrus - we just need to keep praying and trusting. As for this rector, he shows distinct signs of discontinuity between the vertebrae of his spine - like so many of our clergy including Bishops now, sadly. ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-50595688668446520102014-01-08T21:49:08.499-08:002014-01-08T21:49:08.499-08:00Sorry I made a mess of my last comment when editin...Sorry I made a mess of my last comment when editing it...<br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-45054512905657529112014-01-08T21:45:47.750-08:002014-01-08T21:45:47.750-08:00This break with the past was apparent to me from t...This break with the past was apparent to me from the very first moment he stepped out onto th loggia...I didn't understand my interior reaction at the time as I did not know who he was..but it was like my heart skipped a beat (negative sense) or it sank to my feet..That first buonasera - help was quite unsettling .I had an interior OH, OH,.and when he asked to be prayed over on the spot by the crowd in St. Peter's Square I began to feel more and more alienated... "What is this?" I said to myself ...then I hit the internet to find out about this new Pope Francis ...alas , I was far from content , but being a faithful Catholic (not a perfect one - far from it) I had hope that Our Lord would straighteh things out ...and this I still have ....this hope...it is His Church after all ...not Pope Francis'...<br /><br /><br /><br />and it has been one long roller-coaster of ruptures with the past ever since...<br />There are Catholics who love this rupture...truly genuine people ....I just keep feeling uncomfortable...but I do pray for us all and the Pope that Our Lor's will be done.. but, probably not enough... <br /><br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-44440024028974370862014-01-08T16:43:19.453-08:002014-01-08T16:43:19.453-08:00All rectors are "careerists," duh! Other...All rectors are "careerists," duh! Otherwise they wouldn't be "rectors."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-10434723147073677412014-01-08T14:13:33.365-08:002014-01-08T14:13:33.365-08:00To be fair, his recent predecessors represented a ...To be fair, his recent predecessors represented a break with some of the very same virtues. Not the ones in tiaras and HALOS.Danenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-43902879232004214852014-01-08T14:09:42.235-08:002014-01-08T14:09:42.235-08:00He represents a break with alot of things. The Fai...He represents a break with alot of things. The Faith, Humility, Charity both human and divine, Prudence, Wisdom, dignity of his Office, piety, and fear of The Lord.<br /><br />To the Rector who made this astute observation about Pope Francis..."Here's your sign."Danenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-58606682624461385462014-01-08T13:30:43.673-08:002014-01-08T13:30:43.673-08:00Too funny for words. "has eliminated all the...Too funny for words. "has eliminated all the fears of the past in the Church." He sounds like a moron.<br /><br />This is the hermeneutic of rupture, and the Church can ill afford more of it. JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149137656710173911noreply@blogger.com