Good Night, Opus Dei! Cardinal Rushes to Francis' Aid
• Herranz denounces the attempt to contrast Francis with Benedict XVI and the attacks of "both progressive [who?] and traditionalist extremists" against Francis.
• “Francis and Benedict XVI have given us a master class on the role of the Pope Emeritus. They have been years of admirable loyalty to each other.”
• “I never heard him [= Benedict] make negative comments or judgments about Francis.”
• Herranz says he read that Benedict XVI threw out someone who went to him to speak ill of Francis.
• “To me, he once confided that he was happy to see how much affection and sympathy Francis aroused among the people.”
• When Francis asked Benedict what to do, Benedict replied, "You are the Pope, you are the one who can decide".
• “Of the six Pontiffs, perhaps the devil has been especially cruel to two, Paul VI and Francis.”
• Paul VI was a “martyr” and “they are doing something very similar” to Francis.
• “With the Gospel in hand, he [= Francis] tries to unite and integrate the variety of sensibilities existing in the People of God” and “strives to apply the ecclesiology of communion of Vatican II.”
• The synodal path is “nothing more” than stressing the fundamental equality and co-responsibility of all the baptised, faithful and pastors, in the common evangelising mission.
Picture: Julián Herranz © wikicommons, CC BY-SA, #newsJeloqexygs
