The Horror!
A Buenos Aires journalist describes Bergoglio--Francis!

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The Horror!

Of all the unthinkable candidates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is perhaps the worst. Not because he openly professes doctrines against the faith and morals, but because, judging from his work as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, faith and moral seem to have been irrelevant to him.

A sworn enemy of the Traditional Mass, he has only allowed imitations of it in the hands of declared enemies of the ancient liturgy. He has persecuted every single priest who made an effort to wear a cassock, preach with firmness, or that was simply interested in Summorum Pontificum.

Famous for his inconsistency (at times, for the unintelligibility of his addresses and homilies), accustomed to the use of coarse, demagogical, and ambiguous expressions, it cannot be said that his magisterium is heterodox, but rather non-existent for how confusing it is.

His entourage in the Buenos Aires Curia, with the exception of a few clerics, has not been characterized by the virtue of their actions. Several are under grave suspicion of moral misbehavior.

He has not missed any occasion for holding acts in which he lent his Cathedral to Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and even to partisan groups in the name of an impossible and unnecessary interreligious dialogue. He is famous for his meetings with protestants in the Luna Park arena where, together with preacher of the Pontifical House, Raniero Cantalamessa, he was "blessed" by Protestant ministers, in a common act of worship in which he, in practice, accepted the validity of the "powers" of the TV-pastors.

This election is incomprehensible: he is not a polyglot, he has no Curial experience, he does not shine for his sanctity, he is loose in doctrine and liturgy, he has not fought against abortion and only very weakly against homosexual "marriage" [approved with practically no opposition from the episcopate], he has no manners to honor the Pontifical Throne. He has never fought for anything else than to remain in positions of power.

It really cannot be what Benedict wanted for the Church. And he does not seem to have any of the conditions required to continue his work.

May God help His Church. One can never dismiss, as humanly hard as it may seem, the possibility of a conversion... and, nonetheless, the future terrifies us.
[See also: Letter of Cardinal Bergoglio to Carmelites regarding the pending approval of "same sex marriage" ]

Posted byNew Catholicat3/13/2013 08:37:00 PM

I am very glad to see a new Pope, Pope Francis. I was a little hesitant when I heard the name Francis, knowing how some Franciscans are quite liberal in what they present as the faith. I am praying that this Pope choose the name as a reformer in the truest sense of St. Francis and not in what it has come to stand for some in our present times. From the news of his the positions he has taken he sounds rather conservative, but so was Pope John Paul II and he was more of an enemy to some traditions of the Church. Welcome Pope Francis! Please be merciful to us Traditionalist, and do not abandon or forget the founding principles and practices of the Church.

An interesting comment on rorate caeli: The Horror! Of all the unthinkable candidates, Jorge Mario Bergoglio is perhaps the worst. Not because he openly professes doctrines against the faith and morals, but because, judging from his work as Archbishop of Buenos Aires, faith and moral seem to have been irrelevant to him. A sworn enemy of the Traditional Mass, he has only allowed imitations of it in the hands of declared enemies of the ancient liturgy. He has persecuted every single priest who made an effort to wear a cassock, preach with firmness, or that was simply interested in Summorum Pontificum. Famous for his inconsistency (at times, for the unintelligibility of his addresses and homilies), accustomed to the use of coarse, demagogical, and ambiguous expressions, it cannot be said that his magisterium is heterodox, but rather non-existent for how confusing it is. His entourage in the Buenos Aires Curia, with the exception of a few clerics, has not been characterized by the virtue of their actions. Several are under grave suspicion of moral misbehavior. He has not missed any occasion for holding acts in which he lent his Cathedral to Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and even to partisan groups in the name of an impossible and unnecessary interreligious dialogue. He is famous for his meetings with protestants in the Luna Park arena where, together with preacher of the Pontifical House, Raniero Cantalamessa, he was "blessed" by Protestant ministers, in a common act of worship in which he, in practice, accepted the validity of the "powers" of the TV-pastors. This election is incomprehensible: he is not a polyglot, he has no Curial experience, he does not shine for his sanctity, he is loose in doctrine and liturgy, he has not fought against abortion and only very weakly against homosexual "marriage" [approved with practically no opposition from the episcopate], he has no manners to honor the Pontifical Throne. He has never fought for anything else than to remain in positions of power. It really cannot be what Benedict wanted for the Church. And he does not seem to have any of the conditions required to continue his work. May God help His Church. One can never dismiss, as humanly hard as it may seem, the possibility of a conversion... and, nonetheless, the future terrifies us.

In 2010, he said allowing gay couples to adopt is a form of discrimination against children, earning a rebuke from the country's president. According to the National Catholic Reporter, he is known to be conservative and orthodox in his beliefs (this approbation from the NCR which is NOT a pillar of orthodoxy -- ED), but also is "no defender of clerical privilege."

Francis has criticized priests who will not baptize children born outside of marriage, calling the practice hypocritical.

He also lived simply when he served as archbishop of Buenos Aires, cooking his own meals, taking public transportation, and refusing to live in the archbishop's mansion.

"Even his critics acknowledge that he's a humble person," said Princeton Professor Robert P. George, who speculated the pope chose the name Francis because St. Francis symbolizes humility in the Catholic Church.

Francis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1936. He was raised by working class parents, the son of Italian immigrants. His father was a railroad worker. Yahoo News