I know that this was not the main point of your post, but there was something I had to add about Međugorje.
In the case of Medjugorje, this means that no matter how much evidence anyone might bring him of fraud, heresy, hypocrisy, schism, profiteering, folly, he would not condemn the cult. He never exactly endorsed it, but one cannot help but feel that his attitude was to wish that it were true, even against all evidence.As far as I can tell, the general impression here in Croatia was that the late Pope silently endorsed Međugorje. A day or two after the new Pope was chosen, a tabloid magazine came out with his picture on the cover and the headline: "The new Pope is an opponent of Međugorje", which implies that the former Pope wasn't
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I know and wholly agree. The connection of Medjugorje with the religious war in Bosnia was all too obvious - another reason why it should have been condemned. And as for the schismatic Franciscans, I alluded to them in the text (I mentioned schism) and look forward to the day when they are finally excommunicated.
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In the case of Medjugorje, this means that no matter how much evidence anyone might bring him of fraud, heresy, hypocrisy, schism, profiteering, folly, he would not condemn the cult. He never exactly endorsed it, but one cannot help but feel that his attitude was to wish that it were true, even against all evidence.As far as I can tell, the general impression here in Croatia was that the late Pope silently endorsed Međugorje. A day or two after the new Pope was chosen, a tabloid magazine came out with his picture on the cover and the headline: "The new Pope is an opponent of Međugorje", which implies that the former Pope wasn't ( ... )
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