I think you're on to something. I've long felt that Pope Francis - not being an English speaker - is fighting battles that are an issue in the Spanish speaking Church, rather than in the Anglosphere. But you can't just scale up like that.
I think you're on to something. I've long felt that Pope Francis - not being an English speaker - is fighting battles that are an issue in the Spanish speaking Church, rather than in the Anglosphere. But you can't just scale up like that.
Oddly, Pope Francis actually had a very good relationship with the SSPX as Archbishop of Buenos Aires- he helped them gain recognition as a Catholic group from the Argentine Government. He has praised the work of SSPX among the poor in Buenos Aires and by all accounts has a good relationship with Bishop Gallerata (the Argentine bishop consecrated by Lefebvre).
Many have speculated that this is the reason why Pope Francis has been so generous with the SSPX during his pontificate, yet so harsh with Traditionalists in general (and ones in full communion!).
So I don’t really know... like so many things of this pontificate, I’m left puzzled.
I think you're on to something. I've long felt that Pope Francis - not being an English speaker - is fighting battles that are an issue in the Spanish speaking Church, rather than in the Anglosphere. But you can't just scale up like that.
Oddly, Pope Francis actually had a very good relationship with the SSPX as Archbishop of Buenos Aires- he helped them gain recognition as a Catholic group from the Argentine Government. He has praised the work of SSPX among the poor in Buenos Aires and by all accounts has a good relationship with Bishop Gallerata (the Argentine bishop consecrated by Lefebvre).
Many have speculated that this is the reason why Pope Francis has been so generous with the SSPX during his pontificate, yet so harsh with Traditionalists in general (and ones in full communion!).
So I don’t really know... like so many things of this pontificate, I’m left puzzled.