It is interesting that the "synodal" Pope Francis micromanages all the bishops, especially the ones who actually increase vocations, while the non-synodal Popes John Paul II and Benedictsl XVI gave bishops the freedom to make their own decisions. They almost never forced any bishop to resign, except a few who were perverts or obviously h…
It is interesting that the "synodal" Pope Francis micromanages all the bishops, especially the ones who actually increase vocations, while the non-synodal Popes John Paul II and Benedictsl XVI gave bishops the freedom to make their own decisions. They almost never forced any bishop to resign, except a few who were perverts or obviously heretical, and even then after lengthy investigations where the bishops were informed of the accusations against them with time to defend themselves, even with the right to have a private audience with the Pope prior to any final decisions.
It is all show with Pope Francis for the secular media to consume--"look, I named a woman to run one of my Dicastries and my kissy Cardinal allows homosexuals to get blessed. Ain't I the most democratic Pope ever." And vocations are falling precipitously like they started falling in Argentina when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. We have a lot of JPII priests, but I have yet to read of a priest who was inspired by Pope Francis to become a priest. Quite the contrary, any priest being ordained these days does so despite Pope Francis. I salute them for their willingness to follow God's calling under such an uninspiring Pope.
It is interesting that the "synodal" Pope Francis micromanages all the bishops, especially the ones who actually increase vocations, while the non-synodal Popes John Paul II and Benedictsl XVI gave bishops the freedom to make their own decisions. They almost never forced any bishop to resign, except a few who were perverts or obviously heretical, and even then after lengthy investigations where the bishops were informed of the accusations against them with time to defend themselves, even with the right to have a private audience with the Pope prior to any final decisions.
It is all show with Pope Francis for the secular media to consume--"look, I named a woman to run one of my Dicastries and my kissy Cardinal allows homosexuals to get blessed. Ain't I the most democratic Pope ever." And vocations are falling precipitously like they started falling in Argentina when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. We have a lot of JPII priests, but I have yet to read of a priest who was inspired by Pope Francis to become a priest. Quite the contrary, any priest being ordained these days does so despite Pope Francis. I salute them for their willingness to follow God's calling under such an uninspiring Pope.