Gloria.TV News on the 19th of November 2014

Incompetence: German Radio Vatican, an official broadcasting service of the Vatican, wrote on Monday – quote – “that the archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Charles Chaput is overjoyed by the visit of Pope Francis in his archdiocese.” But: Chaput is not a cardinal. Out of context the same article mentions Monsignor William Lynn who according to the Radio was the highest-ranking cleric in the U.S. convicted for covering up abuses. Again: Monsignor Lynn’s conviction was overturned almost a year ago.

Christ Is the Norm Not the Pope: In an interview with cruxnow.com retired Chicago Cardinal Francis George commented on Pope Francis’ wish during the controversial Synod on the Family that every question be raised. Quote: “So he’s gotten what he wants, and now he has to sort it out.” George adds: “Francis himself has said that the pope has the charism of unity, and he knows very well that it’s unity around Christ, not around him.”

The Truth Matters: In the same interview Cardinal George strongly criticized what he calls “the liberal/conservative thing”. Quote: “What’s that got to do with truth? For us, the category that matters is true/false.”

Wrong Recipe: Italian journalist Antonio Socci laments a sacralization of social themes in the Church which is typical for the political left. Socci adds: “For this reason the Church in South-America has been disintegrating for decades and is the local Church that is most in crisis. Socci concludes: “Now the same recipe for bankruptcy is applied to the whole Church. And soon we will see the same ruins.”