"One pope echoes the apostles, and the other parrots Walter Kasper."

An interesting "Magisterium Catholic" article over at Catholic World Report, although it's not edited very well. (A lot of 's left off, for one thing, and it's not precisely clear from the text when the author is quoting the current pope and when he's not.) Carl E. Olson is the author. I recommend it, however, it for its insight into what Bergoglio is up to, how he is "trying to bury Benedict", as the author quotes another writer, writing in First Things, titled Burying Benedict.

A quote from the CWW article (highlight my own):

In sum, put bluntly, I see such homilies and addresses as exercises in posturing and polemics and not very sound polemics at that. Put together (and I’ve only noted a few here), they add up to a collection of blustering statements meant to shut down any and all questions about Amoris Laetitia and related matters. What would be funny if all of this wasn’t so serious is just how heavy-handed, clumsy, and even bush league so much of this stuff has been (see, for instance, these ridiculous remarks by Cardinal Maradiaga, one of Francis’ closest advisors).

I think it significant that the Magisterium Catholics, the middle-of-the-roaders, are ever more clearly seeing Pope Francis for what he is. Mr. Olson sums up his long article with this:

This pontificate has been divisive in ways few could have imagined prior to 2013. In addition, while Francis likes to talk about the people, it’s fairly evident that he has little patience for those people who dare question his questionable statements and actions, no matter how carefully, formally, or respectually they do so. His impatience with theological precision and doctrinal clarity is unsettling. As I noted back in December 2015:

I can only conclude that, for whatever reason, this pope has a deep aversion to theological precision (and, thus, clarity) and is quite impatient with how doctrine and dogma impede his vision of how things should be in the Church. This is troubling on several counts … First, following the logic of Francis’ various remarks, the pontificates of John Paul II and Benedict XVI (for starters) were Pharisaical and unnecessarily complex, and thus stand opposed to his vision of mercy. Whether or not Francis cares about such a logical progression and conclusion is, of course, an entirely different matter.

And it’s not just about burying Benedict; it’s also about ignoring St. John Paul II. In the meantime, there is the name-calling, the scolding, and the vague appeals to the Holy Spirit.

Yep, all ye Magisteriums, who are after all defined by their devotion of JP2 and B16: yep, El Bergo is fully intent on "dissing" your boys, burying JP2 and B16 so deep that no one will remember them.

"By George, now you got it!"

El Bergo is about as subtle as a runaway truck with its breaks gone out. His "creatures and hangers on" are odious. His slavery to old Walter Kasper and the unbelieving Germans is demented. But like the Energizer Bunny, Bergo just keeps going and going.

Until it all crashes down on top of him.

God always gives you enough rope to hang yourself.

An Préachán