The World Over January 16, 2025 | Pope Francis Autobiography: The Papal Posse with Raymond Arroyo

[@lukeheitman]

Let us continue to pray for the Pope 🙏🏽 I love the Latin Mass

[@matthewbroderick6287]

Luke, unfortunately, many Catholic Christians claim the Latin Mass is the only valid Mass, which of course would then exclude the Last Supper, also not said in Latin! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!

[@irishdancer2753]

Raymond, another excellent show! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@wg820]

Well said Fr.Murray!

[@earth6834]

Make the latin mass great again

[@matthewbroderick6287]

Earth, unfortunately, many Catholic Christians claim the Latin Mass is the only valid Mass, which of course would then exclude the Last Supper, also not said in Latin! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!

[@earth6834]

@matthewbroderick6287 agreed many not all, we need both the Latin Mass and the Novos Ordo Mass. We can't get rid of the traditions both are part of the traditions of the Catholic church we must perserve the traditions not get rid of them! 2 thessalonians 2:14

[@matthewbroderick6287]

@earth6834 Obedience to Peter is Obedience to Jesus Christ! ( Hebrews 13:17). There are restrictions, not banishment! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!!

[@SalT-u5i]

​@@earth6834How is the new mass a part of tradition. Your talking about 2,000 years against vs 60?

[@SalT-u5i]

​@@matthewbroderick6287it's more than a restriction. You can live somewhere in the US where you would have to drive over 4 hours to get to the traditional Mass @ some obscure random time once a week.

[@michaelcurci1642]

The Traditional Latin Mass has been, is and always will be timeless and ageless. God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He is due this sublime expression of our love. As far as kneeling at Holy Communion, when you go before the throne of God you will kneel, you will want to kneel, and you will wish you had knelt your whole life for Holy Communion and beg His forgiveness.

[@michaelcurci1642]

Raymond, you hit all the buttons tonight. Mother Angelica is proud of you. Clearly, she intercedes. Mother Angelica, ora pro nobis.

[@bobspinelli2847]

I have stopped listening to this person and shall remain firm in my Catholic Faith. I will resume monetary contributions once he is gone.

[@1900trent]

the Italian prime minister Meloni is bringing back Latin to be taught in schools in italy. It was part of the curriculum then removed some years back but is now to return. Also in England it is being taught in some schools. bravissimo 👍👍👍👍👍

[@kevingooley6189]

“The Church will be full of those who accept compromises, and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.” Our Lady of Akita

[@Nora-ky5bt]

It’s so sad to hear Pope Francis’s words.. Thank God for these three wonderful men who speak the real truth of the Catholic faith! Pray for the pope 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@jacquelinedewar9694]

The Latin mass has great strength and graces from it, that’s why they don’t want it, to powerful

[@jasonkelsey3441]

I am only 48 but rarely have a seen the modern replace the traditional and be an enhancement. If the TLM is "backwardism" then I guess I prefer backwardism .

[@krisaudoore747]

Excellent.THANK YOU.KRIS ETHIOPIA

[@petermacander5039]

Pope Francis serves Pope Francis as if he owned the Church. The love of God and serving God is furthest from the mind & heart of Pope Francis.

[@angelakeen5330]

Well said Fr. Murray! God bless all three great show. Praying for our faith. Our Lady and St Joseph pray for us.❤🩵♥️🙏🙏🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@1900trent]

when i was across in Paris recently at some masses where many young were there, a great number came up to receive communion and devoutly knelt down to receive. it was veey beautiful. if we think of it, we ought lay prostrate at the eucharist. IT IS THE BODY OF THE LORD JESUS….before whom all knees shall bow……kneeling is a sign of deep reverence and love.

[@kevingooley6189]

“The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres.” Our Lady of Akita.

[@tellyhow6281]

My comment in a interview with Cardinal Pell! (Mixed up) You were a living saint already when you were with us on God's earth! Now you are a Saint in many hearts ! In your memory, I want to be better and live your example! 🙏❤️ 💕

[@anthonysalomone3698]

Great podcast as usual!

[@MAB-y7o]

Thank you Fr Murray, ( on everything you said) I’m one of these people our Pope thinks is mentally deficient. I’m not clinging to Latin or lace, I’m clinging to reverence and focus on the sacrifice of Christ. I’m sick and tired of the “ stage setting” of the Novus Ordo in many parishes. The band is in the sanctuary, the choir, a retinue of “ extraordinary ministers”, readers, it’s horrible distraction and detraction from the central meaning of the Mass, the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross to give himself to me personally. As for priests who celebrate the TLM, I find the priest much more humble than a lot of the performers of the Novus Ordo with their running all over the church during their homily as if we were part of a talk show and the love it during the sign of peace. Please, have mercy! I could go on and on, but enough!

[@NapoleonSolo452]

I bend both knees to the Lord, always, and the Latin Mass is the liturgical way of prostrating ourselves to the Lord.

[@petermacander5039]

The Pope NEVER rags on about ancient pagan 'religions'. HE INSISTS on praising and preserving those traditional pagan myths.

[@kimberlyzeeman7473]

Many disturbing issues in the Church were discussed in this episode and most definitely NEED to be discussed. Thank you gentlemen for carrying the torch of Truth and thanks to EWTN for airing this. Every Catholic on the planet should be aware of what is going on in the Church and we all have a responsibility to speak out and against the many agendas that are currently being promulgated by the leadership of our faith. I urge everyone who watches this episode to share it.

[@seabreeze927]

He is a puppet! He moves by the string. This is why his words are not consistent, he is conflicted. I'm sad to see him does some grievious things. We dont want him to lose his soul.

[@marquezedmon]

I don't know but when are we going to say out loud that the Pope is not theologically sophisticated as Ratzinger or John Paul II.

[@dianestrutz7169]

Any priest who cooperates with Rome now cooperates with the spirits of darkness. Any who promote and popularize sin and who destroy pillars of reverent authentic worship and expose us to abusers are no longer deserving of our obedience. They have joined the ranks of those described in Vatican I and before as ANATHEMA.

[@RachelleBenincasa-u9h]

The Latin Mass teaches us how to sing

[@markcahill1146]

Bring back kneeling rails at Mass and it will solve these issues. I used to kneel to receive communion, but decided a reverent bow or genuflection was more appropriate unless there is a communion rail where I can joyfully kneel to receive my Lord in anonymity with everyone else.

[@GB_3219]

Thank you, God bless you 🙏 Salve Regina, Ora pro nobis ❤

[@RachelleBenincasa-u9h]

Latin is easily transportable

[@RachelleBenincasa-u9h]

Latin Mass is great idk what the issue is

[@marylangdon5840]

The 1917Code of Canon Law said that if a man has not achieved the discipline ofcelibacy by the end ofthe second year , it is best to dismiss him.

[@richs8912]

This pope doesn’t give a fig about Canon Law, our Catechism or anything else related to the unchanging and unchangeable truths of our Faith.

[@andrew-c1y9b]

funny.........what about ......looking upon a female with naughty thoughts

[@jakartasamurai]

It's 2025 and catholics in the west still "gossipping" about TLM, whether to receive communion on the hand or tounge, etc. Every language is good and beautiful for the mass, and you could receive communion on the hand or tongue. You should travel more, to know more on how other catholics live the life in other country. Catholic is for the world (as it is a catholic = universal) , not only for the west (with a particular language, tradition, etc).... From a catholic in Asia.

[@patrickmelling8404]

There are many Asian Catholics at our local TLM in Perth, Australia. It is true that spirituality is very strong in places like Vietnam and the Philippines, however you must understand that unfettered extreme modernism, like uncontrolled immigration, has had very adverse consequences in the West. 100's of millions of Catholic souls lost from Jesus in the last 60 years , where the Old Rite will save a large number if it was permitted.

[@antonella_zacarias]

Looking forward to go to the USA in the next months. The first thing in my to-do list is to assist a TLM. 🙏 😉

[@donnahalsted7718]

The Lord is my Rock, my stronghold.... Rocks are RIGID. God is unmoved. Thats pretty rigid. The adjectives and adverbs used by the Pope display a predetermined attitude towards those clinging to the truth of Catholicism, truth given to the Church to defend and protect. I'm so happy I can't understand this dichotomy! If I did I'd be part of that mode of unthinking.

[@richardcutt727]

I am reading this book currently. I am appalled. The man is downright evil.

[@harrietl2869]

The autobiography of pope francis is a disgrace to the Catholic Religion

[@RachelleBenincasa-u9h]

Interesting but if we listen to the mass in all the languages then maybe can catch up 😄

[@hollyvondross9635]

Let us pray for the pope to retire. He is wasting our time.

[@tellyhow6281]

I have given up on trying to understand the pope's unfortunate views on tradition and conservative views. It seems to point to a rigidity that stems from a lifelong bias & prejudice. It is quite un-Christian to bully a certain segment that values the TLM but favor alien ways. I don't think it is senility. It is really an evil soul or satanic influence that lurks behind this supposedly person of God. We continue to pray for his eternal soul! 🙏

[@lloydpatrick6503]

Praise the Lord God our Father. Lord show us your mercy and heal our ailments. Protect us against Corona Virus Pandemic. For our family and near and dear ones. For our spiritual and temporal wants. For the Pope bishops priests religious and all Catholics of the world. Thanksgiving for favours received. Thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Holy Father. Our Lady of Pontmain pray for us

[@romanhamerski9192]

Cardinal Robert McElroy is a horror story!

[@joyfrondoso215]

The pope's word is homosexuality not sodomy. The former is the state and the later is the act. Is it heterosexuals can be subject to sin as well?

[@ADOTlied]

Oh stop the word games, you're not a homosexual if you're not practicing sodomy or at least implying the act. Its a mortal sin via scandal to declare that one is a homosexual but then leave it to the laity to guess at what that means? No, your comment doesn't work and even you know it.

[@joyfrondoso215]

Is the language imperative or the mass itself...

[@TradCath]

The old Mass differs from the new not merely in the language There are books written about this, and many videos The new mass is more Protestant and less Catholic as it deemphasizes The Sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, Mary, the saints, the Trinity

[@Godschild-ft4nr]

Just like people value and love classical music then why not TLM or traditional kneeling/ adoration of Eucharist/practices? The left tide indeed impacts the Church with modern Pharisee's thinking such as open your border but not Vatican's border or advancing homosexual agenda. Pray for the Church more!.

[@harrietl2869]

No thank you I'm a traditional catholic

[@cherylpond9901]

I'm so confused by the word salad of Pope Francis,what is he even saying?

[@RachelleBenincasa-u9h]

Translatable *

[@charleswilliams8847]

Writing an autobiography is an odd thing for a pope to do.

[@harrietl2869]

I PRAY THE TRUE CATHOLIC RELIGION IS TURNING FROM THE VATICAN WHO APPOINTED POPE FRANCIS AND POPE FRANCIS AND HIS APPOINTED CLERGY

[@lorieckrich]

I'd like them to also address disobedience. All three of them admit to attending the extraordinary mass rather than the novus ordo. Yet, at the initiation of this talk they speak of the fact the extraordinary mass is only to be celebrated with expressed permission from the Holy See. Equal address needs to be given to the "noisiness" of the movement. Those of us who are obedient to our Bishops and to the Pope are also not typically creating a rift with those who continue to disobey. We cannot achieve unity of all Christians, as I pray each morning in the Morning Offering, if we refuse to work TOWARD rather than away from unity within the church.

[@Dean-qt3rp]

So, you are saying I am a 'disobedient catholic', because I attend the Latin Mass, the Mass that brought me back to the Catholic faith? The mass that was the mass of the saints for 2000 years until Francis outlaws it? Quite the big statement. Unity of the church, based on a frankly hateful and leftist ideological decree by Bergoglio, is not attainable or valid. Bergoglio wants to stomp out the Latin Mass because he despises traditional catholics because he is a radical progressive who uses his power to spite those who oppose his leftist ideology. Traditions Custodes is a hateful assault on the faithful. Any 'noisiness' of 'the movement ' is due solely to fact that we are attacked on an almost daily basis by Francis and his leftist cohorts that now dominate the hierarchy.

[@paulperrone4698]

You are only obedient to the 1970s Church or you would disqualify 2000 years of the Apostolic Mass.

[@hollyvondross9635]

Don’t think it will be a best seller. About as popular as Mein Kamf.

[@AllanSimoes-b8g]

Tell the pope, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi. Hope the LA fires convert him to the one Truth. Allan. Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary have mercy on us.

[@jb-evans2995]

Pope Francis bashing right out of he gate

[@fragilechrissy]

The latin mass is Godattentionism !!!

[@markcahill1146]

The Latin Mass as people call it is not so much about the Latin in the Mass, it is about reforming the Liturgy from the Papal Chapel Mass format which was promulgated by Franciscan Missionaries throughout Europe and elsewhere. It was the form of Mass chosen and then spread due to the success of Franciscan Missionaries. Abuses by priests and others in an incorrect interpretation of Vatican II set off these Liturgical wars. The Liturgical reform instituted by Vatican II has as its main aim the encouragement of full, active and conscious participation by the laity. The problem with the Liturgy at the Mass has a lot more to do with the way Catholics lead there private and or public lives filled with secularism which is mystically transmitted throughout the body of Christ each time they receive communion. The Liturgy as with everything else in the Mass should serve the purpose of public worship of God and Reverence for Him and also for one another. HAIL HOLY QUEEN. MOTHER OF MERCY. PRAY FOR US MOTHER THAT WE WILL PLACE ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD AND STOP THE INFIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. We want to worship God in Spirit and Truth, not only at Mass, but in our whole lives.

[@richardcutt727]

Pope.

[@jean-claudechupin9233]

Vive le pape François

[@andrew-c1y9b]

An opinion, that you don't subscribe 2..........move on!

[@markpeter1968]

With leaders like Francis and friends, I have more sympathy for the Protestants than I use to

[@Monk_Life]

The Papal Posse needs to repent. The disobedience! The arrogance!!! Your in my prayers....unbelievable...utterly shameful behavior.

[@LetiTonarelli]

They are entitled to their opinion! The Bishop of Rome is confusing people!

[@paulperrone4698]

Slander

[@paulperrone4698]

To be clear you slander the speakers as PF slanders Faithful good obedient believers in Christ

[@Shevock]

What a blessing is Pope Francis. Truly guided by the Spirit. If those who love the Latin mass can take this to heart, they can avoid the rigidity that Satan tempts them with, and why so many have fallen into schism over recent years. Pray for your interviewee, who is on the edge of disobedience, a horrible satanic impulse of too many Catholics today, left and right.

[@SalT-u5i]

@@Shevock 2,000 year old tradition is wrong?

[@ADOTlied]

Burgoglio may be a blessing in that he lets us see a direction we as a church cannot go, you need more education my dear and less emotional feelings.

[@paulperrone4698]

Listen to yourself telling people not to listen to what the Holy Spirit has taught us for 2000 years bc your idol says to stop

[@paulperrone4698]

The majority of Novus Ordo attendees don’t believe in the validity of the Real Presence. 100% of TLM do. Start where the problem is.

[@Shevock]

Please return to Catholic truth, EWTN.

[@ADOTlied]

They have now if we can get you back we'll have something

[@paulperrone4698]

Majority of Novus Ordo attendees don’t believe Mass is valid Real Presence as it claims to be. 100% of TLM believe in the Real Presence. They have returned to Catholicism- you should start where the problem is.

[@ANGELAVITULLI]

Couldn't care less

[@SalT-u5i]

So many so called Catholics in the comments section sounding like Protestants

[@vince6822]

That's because Catholics became Protestant after Vatican II but failed to recognize it.

[@tonygarbellotto1926]

CLASSIC TRUTH is ALWAYS TRUE ( politicaly motivated , vindictive hierarchy will be seen for what they are as time moves forward ) STAND FIRM & HOLD TO CHRISTS TEACHING & HIS TRUTH TODAY.

[@matthewbroderick6287]

Those who claim Pope Francis teaches heresy and error, are themselves ignorant of Catholic teaching and Canon Law and Holy Scripture! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!

[@danielhau]

Traditional!? Did Jesus speak Latin at the last supper??

[@femaleKCRoyalsFan]

What were the languages above the crucifix? I’ll give you a hint there was no English French or German.

[@matthewbroderick6287]

​@femaleKCRoyalsFan unfortunately, many Catholic Christians claim the Latin Mass is the only valid Mass, which of course would then exclude the Last Supper, also not said in Latin! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!

[@SalT-u5i]

Learn the history of your faith before making ignorant comments? Traditional? Did Our Lord speak English at the last supper??

[@matthewbroderick6287]

@femaleKCRoyalsFan yet, many Catholic Christians claim the Latin Mass is the only valid Mass, which of course would then exclude the Last Supper, also not said in Latin! Peace always in Jesus Christ our Great and Kind God and Savior, He whose Flesh is true food and Blood true drink!

[@SalT-u5i]

@matthewbroderick6287 it wasn't said in English either. Why aren't you Chaldean???

[@Mario-rt8sv]

There are character issues with the people who go to the latin Mass.

[@SalT-u5i]

There are character issues with people who make statements like that

[@paulperrone4698]

The majority of Novus Ordo attendees don’t believe in the validity of the Real Presence. 100% of TLM do. Start where the problem is. You could call not believing what your leaders say is a character flaw…oh wait that’s actually what you are saying!

[@paulperrone4698]

The majority of Novus Ordo attendees don’t believe in the validity of the Real Presence. 100% of TLM do. Start where the problem is. You could call not believing what your leaders say is a character flaw…oh wait that’s actually what you are saying!

[@bobbied556]

Respectfully the three of you sound like mega church preachers. A priest dismissing the true definition of socialism and favoring capitalism. Shameful

[@paulperrone4698]

The majority of Novus Ordo attendees don’t believe in the validity of the Real Presence. 100% of TLM do. Start where the problem is. Maybe like you the NO attendees listen to megachurch pastors. Nice admission.

[@tomlehr861]

These 3 are the most divisive,pot stirring ,right wing complainers on ewtn. Take them off.

[@Dean-qt3rp]

Divisive, really? Bergoglio is the most divisive, leftist ideological pope in history. Go back to your new ways ministry.

[@ADOTlied]

Divisive? Complainers? Isn't this what you're doing? Stirring a pot of what? Get over it your side lost, stop the sinful behavior and get to confession and stir that pot.

[@tomlehr861]

@ADOTlied my side? You and arroyo criticize everything the pope does,nobody cares about these crybabies opinions except trump and the right wing maga faction of the church,maybe arroyo could sell another one of his books or cds, hateful bunch

[@mouvement784]

I wouldn't be surprised if fr. Murray was gay

[@danielagiovanazzi2055]

That isn't a nice thing to say. None of us know Fr Murray. As far as I can see, he is a faithful priest.

[@ADOTlied]

I wouldn't be surprised if you were gay, in fact I'd bet the house on it.

[@Tiannieclaoo]

a bunch of pretentious catholic traditionalist...

[@markcahill1146]

The Latin Mass as people call it is not so much about the Latin in the Mass, it is about reforming the Liturgy from the Papal Chapel Mass format which was promulgated by Franciscan Missionaries throughout Europe and elsewhere. It was the form of Mass chosen and then spread due to the success of Franciscan Missionaries. Abuses by priests and others in an incorrect interpretation of Vatican II set off these Liturgical wars. The Liturgical reform instituted by Vatican II has as its main aim the encouragement of full, active and conscious participation by the laity. The problem with the Liturgy at the Mass has a lot more to do with the way Catholics lead there private and or public lives filled with secularism which is mystically transmitted throughout the body of Christ each time they receive communion. The Liturgy as with everything else in the Mass should serve the purpose of public worship of God and Reverence for Him and also for one another. HAIL HOLY QUEEN. MOTHER OF MERCY. PRAY FOR US MOTHER THAT WE WILL PLACE ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD AND STOP THE INFIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. We want to worship God in Spirit and Truth, not only at Mass, but in our whole lives. Please stop with all the fighting and division over this on both sides. If you truly believe that you are being persecuted by restrictions on the Papal Chapel Mass format, ie the so called Latin Mass, then please consider taking the christian option recommended to us by Our Savior to pray for those who are persecuting you and do good to those who hate you. In doing this, not only will you gain great merit by receiving the Promises of the Messiah in regards to the Beatitudes, but your prayers will be more efficacious. I often lament the lack of Sacred silence at Mass, but have discovered that when I am praying as I ought to be during the week leading up to Sunday Mass, that the prayer can have a powerful effect on the Liturgy. The Protestantization of the Catholic Church particularly in the United States is an unfortunate cross we must bear for now until help comes as it will soon enough. We should be striving to become saints and Saints for those with that calling and nothing more, if that means sacrifices and deprivations we should accept the blessings and the curses with the same equanimity. Perhaps a part of the issue in the so called American Catholic Church has got more to do with our independent rebelliousness built into our national character. The whole culture war is over individuality versus community and neither communism or any other form of secular religion can solve the problem. We are both individuals and members of the Mystical Body of Christ and fighting over which way the pendulum is meant to swing only serves to bear a false witness to non-believers. WHEN NON-BELIEVERS AND THE YOUNG SEE SO MUCH SQUABBLING AND INFIGHTING IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THEN NO WONDER WHY THEY HAVE SUCH A LOW OPINION OF CHRISTIANITY. POPE FRANCIS IS A FAR FROM PERFECT MAN AND POPE, however, he needs our prayers now more than ever as he reaches that critical point in his life when his eternal destiny is chosen by him. If he has persecuted christians unjustly then the Lord will take care of all that and right the ship soon enough. HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE THE LORD IS WITH YOU. BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN AND BLESSED THE FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB, JESUS

[@markcahill1146]

The Latin Mass as people call it is not so much about the Latin in the Mass, it is about reforming the Liturgy from the Papal Chapel Mass format which was promulgated by Franciscan Missionaries throughout Europe and elsewhere. It was the form of Mass chosen and then spread due to the success of Franciscan Missionaries. Abuses by priests and others in an incorrect interpretation of Vatican II set off these Liturgical wars. The Liturgical reform instituted by Vatican II has as its main aim the encouragement of full, active and conscious participation by the laity. The problem with the Liturgy at the Mass has a lot more to do with the way Catholics lead there private and or public lives filled with secularism which is mystically transmitted throughout the body of Christ each time they receive communion. The Liturgy as with everything else in the Mass should serve the purpose of public worship of God and Reverence for Him and also for one another. HAIL HOLY QUEEN. MOTHER OF MERCY. PRAY FOR US MOTHER THAT WE WILL PLACE ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD AND STOP THE INFIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. We want to worship God in Spirit and Truth, not only at Mass, but in our whole lives. Please stop with all the fighting and division over this on both sides. If you truly believe that you are being persecuted by restrictions on the Papal Chapel Mass format, ie the so called Latin Mass, then please consider taking the christian option recommended to us by Our Savior to pray for those who are persecuting you and do good to those who hate you. In doing this, not only will you gain great merit by receiving the Promises of the Messiah in regards to the Beatitudes, but your prayers will be more efficacious. I often lament the lack of Sacred silence at Mass, but have discovered that when I am praying as I ought to be during the week leading up to Sunday Mass, that the prayer can have a powerful effect on the Liturgy. The Protestantization of the Catholic Church particularly in the United States is an unfortunate cross we must bear for now until help comes as it will soon enough. We should be striving to become saints and Saints for those with that calling and nothing more, if that means sacrifices and deprivations we should accept the blessings and the curses with the same equanimity. Perhaps a part of the issue in the so called American Catholic Church has got more to do with our independent rebelliousness built into our national character. The whole culture war is over individuality versus community and neither communism or any other form of secular religion can solve the problem. We are both individuals and members of the Mystical Body of Christ and fighting over which way the pendulum is meant to swing only serves to bear a false witness to non-believers. WHEN NON-BELIEVERS AND THE YOUNG SEE SO MUCH SQUABBLING AND INFIGHTING IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH THEN NO WONDER WHY THEY HAVE SUCH A LOW OPINION OF CHRISTIANITY. POPE FRANCIS IS A FAR FROM PERFECT MAN AND POPE, however, he needs our prayers now more than ever as he reaches that critical point in his life when his eternal destiny is chosen by him. If he has persecuted christians unjustly then the Lord will take care of all that and right the ship soon enough. HAIL MARY FULL OF GRACE THE LORD IS WITH YOU. BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN AND BLESSED THE FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB, JESUS