Gloria.TV News on the 7th of November 2014

Conspiracy Theory: Pro-gay cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, the president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, has claimed during a visit in Spain that – quote – “the Pope could be in danger because some may have the intention to eliminate him.” He did not elaborate but added mysteriously that in some parts of the Vatican there is resistance against Pope Francis’ liberal agenda. Gloria.tv asks Coccopalmerio whether he considers every critic of Pope Francis’ policies a potential murderer.

I Do Not Want Believers: Coccopalmerio specifically attacked the Cardinals Burke, Rodé, Pell, De Paolis and Müller. He called them people who are very convinced about what they think and who fear that doctrinal principles could suffer damage. In opposition to that he praised the late pro-gay Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini stating that the Pope and Martini share the same vision of the person. Coccopalmerio quoted Martini: “I do not want believers, I want thinkers”.

Losing Confidence: Journalist Damian Thompson believes the Catholic Church is in the early stages of a civil war. According to him Pope Francis looks like ‘the Hamlet Pope’, Paul VI, whom he has beatified. Quote: “Francis supports some sort of reform, but uncertainty is breaking the Church into factions reminiscent of the Anglican Communion.” And: “What should worry Francis is that moderate conservative Catholics are losing confidence in him.”

Real Shame: In an interview with the magazine Polonia Christiana, Astana auxiliary bishop Athanasius Schneider has criticized the Synod of Bishops. Quote: “In the sections on homosexuality and “divorced and remarried” the text represents a radical neo-pagan ideology.” Or: “This is the first time in Church history that such a heterodox text was actually published as a document of an official meeting of Catholic bishops under the guidance of a pope.” Schneider calls the preliminary document – quote - a “real shame” that shows to which extent the anti-Christian world has penetrated important levels of the hierarchy. Quote: “This document will remain for future generations and historians a black mark which has stained the honour of the Apostolic See.”

The EU brings Communism back: The Polish Foreign Ministry has produced a commercial about Poland in which all crosses were systematically removed. On a known historical picture the crosses on the cloths of the crusaders are gone. The cross on the bonnet of the king has likewise disappeared. Even the giant cross on the famous mountain Giewont in the Western Tatras is not there anymore. Media pointed out that this approach is reminiscent of methods known from the old communist era.