N.B. I warned of this ….
- Rome is empty, despite the Holy Year; last year at this time there were many, many more people queuing to enter St Peter's or to visit the other churches.
- Since Bergoglio has decided that the Church's role is to promote illegal immigrants, protect the planet and provide refuge for militant homosexuals, then there is little point in going to Rome to obtain the Jubilee Indulgence.
- Indulgence? Francis has claimed that hell is empty: "The Jubilee has lost all meaning."
- Francis opened only two of the holy doors, that of St Peter's and, as an "innovation", another in a prison.
- At St Peter's, he opened the Holy Door by remaining in a wheelchair, without mitre or cope, simply knocking on the door that opened from the inside; but in those same days he consecrated one of his protégés as a bishop, and there he was seen to be energetic and mobile.
- For observers, it is clear that the Jubilee is an annoyance for Francis.
Anniversary of the death of Benedict XVI
- The second anniversary of Pope Benedict's death was not officially commemorated.
- The Eucharist in St Peter's, presided over by Cardinal Müller, was a private initiative and was obstructed by the Basilica authorities.
- On the first anniversary, members of the Sistine Chapel Choir, who offered their services free of charge, sang, but this time they refused to do so "because of the criticism they had received".
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter
- Nothing is known about the current apostolic visit to the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), "which does not augur well".
- The priests of the FSSP are not known for their "sagacity or chivalry".
- "I will throw a cloak of compassion over all the treachery and despicable acts they have committed against their friends in recent months, with the naive aim of ingratiating themselves with Francis, which of course will not happen".
- The prognosis is that priests will be forced to co-preside with the diocesan bishop on Holy Thursday and that they will have to regularly preside over the Novus Ordo Eucharist in their seminaries.
- Some welcome the long life of Francis because it has allowed all the dirt hidden in the Church to come to the surface and the "fruits of the Council" to be seen for what they are, no longer ripe but rotten.
- Cardinal Burke is being watched with interest by his fellow cardinals, not so much as a possible candidate but as an adviser, given his closeness to the American 'conservative' milieu.
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