tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post4215596991182239279..comments2023-10-02T01:11:04.783-07:00Comments on Mahound's <br>Paradise: Washington Post: You Can’t Understand Pope Francis Without Juan Perón — and EvitaOakes Spaldinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-1789119717860792002015-08-03T06:23:01.025-07:002015-08-03T06:23:01.025-07:00To be more precise, it is known as "narcissis...To be more precise, it is known as "narcissistic personality disorder". Peronism doesn't capture the totality of the man's problems. Clinically speaking that is.S. Armaticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140609867389147240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-40777179195716638802015-08-03T06:05:32.316-07:002015-08-03T06:05:32.316-07:00Thanks for the link. That's interesting and sa...Thanks for the link. That's interesting and sad.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-89175857689635371972015-08-03T05:40:30.327-07:002015-08-03T05:40:30.327-07:00This worries me more about him then anything. No o...This worries me more about him then anything. No one fucks over Catholics more then the Catholic Church.<br /><br />http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/6258/christians-burn-pope-worriesBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01896185264568048652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-721919035814965612015-08-03T00:13:50.655-07:002015-08-03T00:13:50.655-07:00"All the man cares about is power." Well..."All the man cares about is power." Well, yes (or probably yes). But that's the essence of Peronism. See the Ann Barnhardt piece.<br /><br />It's so difficult to put, say, myself into his place. Okay, I'm a 78 year old celibate male without a family. I am surrounded by riches and comfort but I can't really accumulate things or money. I do not believe in any particular set of ideas, even those I supposedly profess. All I care about is power because that's all I've ever cared about and I can't stop.<br /><br />I know there are people like that (such as you know who) but I find it impossible to understand them. If I were that burnt and cynical, I'd go for money or women, you know, like popes used to do. :)Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-56200460479473405332015-08-02T23:57:02.492-07:002015-08-02T23:57:02.492-07:00Trying to place Francis into any political/ideolog...Trying to place Francis into any political/ideological camp misses the point. <br /><br />Francis is completely apolitical, aideological and definately areligious. All the man cares about is power. He is a demagogue. So trying to figure out if he is more Marxist than Peronist, or where those two circles meet on a Venn diagram is useless.<br /><br />Francis will say whatever he thinks the majority will want to hear. He can relate to atheists as easlity as he can to fundamentalist evangelicals. Proof is Laudato Si where Jesus rarely makes an appearance. But then again, what use would Francis have for a Jesus type when he is "trying to save the world". <br /><br /><br /><br />S. Armaticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02140609867389147240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-31804759235206956392015-08-02T15:31:34.429-07:002015-08-02T15:31:34.429-07:00He's the last one in St Malachi's list.He's the last one in St Malachi's list.Gruntledlarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414342132030325810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-43190109654879934492015-08-02T11:26:35.330-07:002015-08-02T11:26:35.330-07:00Agree. One can seriously question whether Pope Fr...Agree. One can seriously question whether Pope Francis is even a Christian. His cares appear to be for this world only, and, about those, he speaks nonsense. God only knows why this man is Pope. It must surely be some kind of test for us.Michael Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650782589323136700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1373152433565591514.post-67281199987323416772015-08-02T10:08:54.471-07:002015-08-02T10:08:54.471-07:00A huge issue that these secular political commenta...A huge issue that these secular political commentators never make, indeed have no interest in making, is Francis' many and ongoing deviations from Catholic teaching in matters large and small. If he's a Peronist or a Marxist seems to me to be a secondary consideration to the question, "Is he a believer?" A piece in this week's Remnant by Fr. X examines the Spanish original of a speech or homily he gave in Latin America and judging from his words alone it seems to strongly indicate that he does not believe what the Church teaches about the miracles of Christ in the Gospels. This is a good deal more disturbing to me, and on a much more fundamental level, than what is the particular provenance of his politics. Hilary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122934207139310595noreply@blogger.com