Gloria.TV News on the 3rd of December 2014
Team Bergoglio: Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi has denied allegations contained in Austen Ivereigh’s biography on Pope Francis. Ivereigh writes that during the last conclave the four ultraliberal cardinals Murphy O’Connor, Kasper, Danneels and Lehmann formed a group that organized the election of Cardinal Bergoglio. Lombardi’s denial fails to convince Italian vaticanist Marco Tosatti. Quote: “With all due respect for the four cardinals, the seriousness of the author and the amount of details contained in his book make that the disclaimer seems not to resolve Ivereigh’s case.”
Murphy O’Connor’s Fault: In the last chapter of his biography on Pope Francis Ivereigh writes: “The day after the Conclave, Francis met the whole College of Cardinals, including the non-electors, in the Hall of Blessings. When Cardinal Murphy O’Connor appeared, he embraced him and waving the finger as a sign of reproach he said with a smile: “This is your fault! …More