Pope? Between Francisco and Bergoglio

By: Luis Beltrán Guerra G. - 10/02/2023

In the book "The Papacy in the Church and the World Today: 98", by Diego Tolsada, SM, highlights the surprise in the world at the resignation of "a tired Benedict XVI" from the Papacy and the increase in the fact for the election as his successor of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, from the Latin American periphery and "seldom mentioned in the list of those eligible for papacy." The question in the "text" How to fit so much novelty? The answer, still shakes.

The first impression leads to conjugate the particular event, in the context of the tradition of being "the Pope" the representative of God on earth. But, in addition, selected by Jesus, the son of him, whom he sent us to instruct us on how not to destroy what he had created and "in 7 days". A building that still persists, although "battered", as nobody denies anymore, by "ourselves". A solid papacy capable of understanding that there was only one line, “the one that “the Lord” established and that if it were distorted it would suffer alteration. The arrival of Christ to "where the Father dwells", once seated on the right, would express to him "we have left a bible with abundant writing, but concrete and to the Pope, as your representative there and until his death". But also duly bound the bull "Unam sanctam" containing "the supremacy of the Church over the State". That is, "the pontifical hierocracy" whose authorship and defense will correspond to Boniface VIII. We will talk about the details later, we imagine that this is how I conclude the “accountability” of the “Son” to the “Father”.

It is worth keeping in mind, given the tasks of the church, that not much effort should be made to understand the tortuous work that has to be done and with them the Pope, its highest authority. Someone from the common would say "pure theology" and if out of curiosity someone more learned investigates a little more in "dictionary.cambridge.org they would be even more serious when verifying that it is nothing more and less about the "study of God and religious beliefs". Those who assume, therefore, the responsibility of leading the Church must keep in mind, for a little more complication, that "from Gregory VII (1073-1085)" and from the Romans of the time no "monarch" yielded cult of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. On the contrary, the emperors ruled without any authority to judge or direct them” (Juan María Laboa, El Papado en la Iglesia y en el Mundo de Hoy: 98).

Strictly speaking, Jorge Bergoglio cannot be denied the efforts he has made during his long priestly life. He is practically the author of the “Aparecida Conference”, in 2007, which, as it is read, defines “the Evangelii gaundiunn” of Latin America”, fed with the maxim “The sweet and comforting joy of evangelizing”. The then Archbishop of Buenos Aires warned that “God does not place his hope in the powerful, but in the small and humble. He does not discriminate, nor does he relativize ”. The approved text contains a decisive "social message", which seems to distinguish almost all of the interventions of the Argentine pope, before which it should be noted that he has been bitten by what for a few is the "left", forgetting about that strictly speaking, Currently, the confusion regarding “nomenclatures” is so accentuated that if we act seriously, we would end up affirming that there are left and right, old, less old, young and less young. And that the confusion is accentuated. However, Cesar Vidal affirms that Jorge Bergoglio"s Marxist vocation is brilliantly expressed in the prologue to the book “Dialogue between John Paul II and Fidel Castro”. In this presumed entanglement, perhaps, the expression The Pope? between Francisco and Bergoglio. An alleged gibberish. Cesar Vidal affirms that Jorge Bergoglio"s Marxist vocation is diametrically expressed in the prologue to the book "Dialogue between John Paul II and Fidel Castro." In this presumed entanglement, perhaps, the expression The Pope? between Francisco and Bergoglio. An alleged gibberish. Cesar Vidal affirms that Jorge Bergoglio"s Marxist vocation is diametrically expressed in the prologue to the book "Dialogue between John Paul II and Fidel Castro." In this presumed entanglement, perhaps, the expression The Pope? between Francisco and Bergoglio. An alleged gibberish.

Francis has also had to deal with the wisdom of John Paul II, mainly in terms of his messages, as well as with the German parsimony of Benedict XVI. The mixture of "Pancho", Italian and Argentine, perhaps has not helped him. Perhaps the maxim attributed to Montesquieu "Do not talk about things until after they are done" can describe him. We do not believe another applicable that, also, is often invoked "The one who does not know speaks a lot and the one who knows does not speak." Well, the Pope is not without erudition.

The media leads to the book by Georg Ganswein, prelate of the Catholic Church and personal secretary of Benedict XVI, through the journalist Daniel Verdú, in whose interview Francisco describes as "Chinese tales" the disgust for having rejected the masses in Latin, proposed by his predecessor. "His death of him (referring to Joseph Ratzinger) has been instrumentalized by people who want to bring water to his mill." He also adds, "whoever exploits a holy father of God in such a good way... has no ethics, is a party mass, not a church mass." “I was able to talk to him about everything and he was always supportive… regarding gay marriage, talking to him about ensuring their well-being through civil union laws… Finally, regarding the possibility of resigning due to health difficulties, Francisco answered "Weed never dies", an expression that implies the opposite of what it is intended to say. So is George.

The daily newspaper headlines the interview "Aboard the papal plane." Adding “at 10,000 feet altitude”.

Sarcasm or Bergoglio"s particular personality?

It is, with the title of this essay the second question for the reader.

Comments welcome.

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