In other times, a papal trip occupied the front pages of the newspapers, today it can’t even be found on the second, Specola (July 26) writes about Francis’ journey to Canada, “The image of Francis has lost all interest.”
Francis’ Canadian apology-show took place in a small venue that still was too big. Many empty chairs. A man was carrying a transvestite flag (article's picture). Bleachers and screens were set up outside. But nobody was there.
Specola, “We spent hours asking for forgiveness, between sobs and tears, without knowing very well to whom we were asking for it, or why.”
Francis’ spin-doctor Tornielli came out with the statement that the missionaries did not respect the local culture, except the Jesuits in Paraguay or Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci in China. Specola, “You can see that the only past that is saved is the one that bears the SJ stamp, all the others are criminals and murderers, or at best fools.”
“They try to tell us,” Specola continues, “that until the nefarious …More