Pope Francis Is Losing the Italians

On September 20 the Italian newspaper Il Giornale flattered Pope Francis for having closed down John Paul II's Family Institute. The paper called this gloatingly "Bergoglio's latest slap to the traditionalists". By "traditionalists" it meant the Catholics.

The article was, however, not able to influence the readership. The article generated twenty comments, 19 of them highly critical of Francis. One reader writes, "We want a true pope who is a Christian and a Catholic." Another, "This Pope is simply a politician of the Vatican." A third, "He will replace the Family Institute with Quran lessons."

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