Francis Calls Own Action "Blasphemy," Cardinal Napier Defends Francis Slapping of Chinese Woman

EWTN’s journalist Raymond Arroyo quoted the sentence on Twitter. An irate Durban Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, South Africa, slammed not only Arroyo but EWTN as a whole,
“The constant negativity towards Pope Francis is one of the reasons why I’ve stopped listening to EWTN radio or following them on Twitter!”
However, in this case, even the anti-Church and pro-Francis CNN got the point, “Pope Francis has used his New Year message to denounce violence against women, hours after slapping a woman's hand to free himself from her grip.”
Napier made a fool out of himself by comparing Francis’ violent outburst with the old-rite confirmation,
“Isn’t it amazing how quickly we’ve forgotten that Bishops used to slapped the Confirmation Candidates during the Rite as a sign that they were being strengthened to stand up for their Faith as Soldiers of Christ?”
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