Report: Some Cardinals Want Pope Francis to Resign, Fear Schism Worse Than The Reformation

[rangerrebew]

Report: Some Cardinals Want Pope Francis to Resign, Fear Schism Worse Than The Reformation

According to a report in The London Times [1] and best selling Catholic author and journalist Antonio Socci [2], about 12 cardinals who have supported Pope Francis since his election in March 2013 now fear that his controversial reforms may cause a schism in the Church, and so they hope to pressure the Pope to resign.

"A large part of the cardinals who voted for him is very worried and the curia ... that organized his election and has accompanied him thus far, without ever disassociating itself from him, is cultivationg the idea of a moral suasion to convince him to retire," reported Socci in the Italian newspaper Libero, as quoted in The London Times of March 2.
 

 
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/report-some-cardinals-want-pope-franics-resign-fear-schism-worse-reformation

[Smokin Joe]

Report: Some Cardinals Want Pope Francis to Resign, Fear Schism Worse Than The Reformation

According to a report in The London Times [1] and best selling Catholic author and journalist Antonio Socci [2], about 12 cardinals who have supported Pope Francis since his election in March 2013 now fear that his controversial reforms may cause a schism in the Church, and so they hope to pressure the Pope to resign.

"A large part of the cardinals who voted for him is very worried and the curia ... that organized his election and has accompanied him thus far, without ever disassociating itself from him, is cultivationg the idea of a moral suasion to convince him to retire," reported Socci in the Italian newspaper Libero, as quoted in The London Times of March 2.
 

 
Source URL: http://www.cnsnews.com/blog/michael-w-chapman/report-some-cardinals-want-pope-franics-resign-fear-schism-worse-reformation

Like many Catholics, I have not been enthusiastic about this Pope's busy embracing of what to us is obviously a series of policies and statements which are or sure seem antithetical to doctrine. The whole 'cozy with Islam' thingy does not go over well with me-- my ancestors fought in the Crusades. They were better served by the knowledge that their enemy was indeed the enemy. The Almighty may well want us to try to bring as many souls to Him as we can, but sure made it plain that there is an enemy, to be fought and not accommodated.

[Idaho_Cowboy]

Worse than the reformation. That would be opening a whole new diet of Worms.

[TomSea]

Worse than the reformation. That would be opening a whole new diet of Worms.

[Fishrrman]

Tell "Pope Che" to abdicate.

Bring back this guy:


A REAL Pope...

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

I hate the guy. I think he represents the worst of modern, gutless, brainless thinking. I' mnot even catholic. I will never give them a cent of money as long as he's pope.

[Smokin Joe]

Tell "Pope Che" to abdicate.

Bring back this guy:


A REAL Pope...

He was a good one.

[The_Reader_David]

Worse than the reformation. That would be opening a whole new diet of Worms.

 

But seriously, does the author have any historical perspective?  The "reformation" kicked off a series of wars of religion, culminating in the Thirty Years War which claimed 8 million lives, about 10% of the total population of Europe.  Worse than the "reformation"?

[geronl]

the reformation was a good thing, not a bad thing.