Post by homeschooldad on Apr 2, 2024 14:27:30 GMT
www.usccb.org/news/2024/pope-says-he-was-used-2005-conclave-ratzinger-was-my-candidate
I would never have thought that. Will wonders never cease?
The resistance to having a "foreign" Pope no doubt came from the Italians, who, despite Bergoglio's citizenship in Argentina, saw him as "one of us". And they're right. I've always likened it to a son of English immigrants who settled in Toronto, being named Archbishop of Canterbury. Would he be English or would he be Canadian? He'd really be both. And no doubt Francis speaks fluent Italian and probably always has.
I would never have thought that. Will wonders never cease?
The resistance to having a "foreign" Pope no doubt came from the Italians, who, despite Bergoglio's citizenship in Argentina, saw him as "one of us". And they're right. I've always likened it to a son of English immigrants who settled in Toronto, being named Archbishop of Canterbury. Would he be English or would he be Canadian? He'd really be both. And no doubt Francis speaks fluent Italian and probably always has.
