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Thomas's avatar

I would be careful about this one: Cardinal Cipriani was Pope Francis' biggest archenemy in Latin America because he defended Catholic orthodoxy, while Bergoglio promoted heterodox views. In fact if there was a Latin American Cardinal who would have been a great pope, it would have been Cipriani.

When Cardinal Cipriani retired, Pope Francis purposely named as his successor in Lima a priest who had been banned from being professor at the Pontifical University of Lima by Cipriani for publishing and teaching heretical ideas. It was an obvious insult to Cipriani by Pope Francis telling him he would dismantle everything the Cardinal did so well in Peru.

This smells of personal vendetta from a Pope who has routinely let documented perverts like Father Rupnik off the hook.

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KP's avatar

I think you meant “heterodox views” not “heterosexual views” which is indeed true…

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Thomas's avatar

Yes, sorry, the AI spell checker changed it and I did not notice it.

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