The Italian philosopher Luisella Scrosati commented on the pontificate of Francis on LaNuovaBq.it (14 April). The main points.
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The image of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in a wheelchair, wearing a white
long-sleeved shirt, half covered by a striped poncho, his hair
dishevelled and black trousers, is perhaps the most eloquent expression
of how he - and his entourage - have [miss]understood the papacy.
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Francis has used the papacy to promote his private ideas and to
sideline those he perceives as opponents of his personal agenda.
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There hasn't been a month since 13 March 2013 in which Francis hasn't
tried to bend the papacy to serve him and his ideas, sometimes
explicitly, sometimes implicitly. And not only the papacy: justice,
doctrine, the structure of the Church, everything has been transformed
to serve the project and the person of Jorge Mario Bergoglio.
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The presentation of himself as a 'simple man' in a wheelchair in the
Vatican Basilica is the logical conclusion of one of the most
narcissistic pontiffs in the history of the Church.
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guise of the Synodal Church, a degenerate stepchild of conciliar
collegiality, Francis has created the most absolutist pontificate in
history, trampling on cardinals and bishops as if they were nothing more
than a footstool.
- Vatican journalist Gian Franco Svidercoschi
told the Italian television programme La Storia Siamo Noi on 2 April
that "the Church of Francis has lost a lot, a lot, a lot of moral
authority".
- Svidercoschi continued: "There are supposed reforms
or changes that he has made that have broken the Church... Whereas
before there was a division at the top, now there is a division among
the people of God'. And Svidercoschi: "For ¾ of his pontificate, the
absolute was missing. God was missing."
- Francis' desire to be
the centre of attention has ended up obscuring God and degrading the
papacy, and this new stunt of appearing in public in his “pyjamas” is
further confirmation of this, after the various good mornings and good
evenings, the appearances on 'Fazio', the little jokes about nuns being
spinsters and parents having children like rabbits.
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