The controversy has deepened a growing chasm between Pope Francis’ progressive, reform-minded papacy and the conservative church in much of the world.
The controversy has deepened a growing chasm between Pope Francis’ progressive, reform-minded papacy and the conservative church in much of the world.
I knew a guy who believed that if a black man was ever elected Pope that it would signify the end of the world. Or the church. One or the other. As far as he was concerned, those would be the same thing anyway.
He said there was a prophecy or something, which I’m sure he mentioned but I’ve forgotten in the intervening decades. I want to say “Return of Nebuchadnezzar” but I might be mixing that up with something else.
That guy was a racist. But it’s possible he didn’t even know he was a racist. Probably just repeating what those surrounding him were feeding him.