I despised Pope Francis, but his death changed me
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Alfredo Salta*
*blogger and new convert)
On April 21, 2025, the news of Pope Francis’ death reached my parish community.
It was unexpected news for me, which came at a particular moment in my history of faith and that certainly marked my path.
I remember that in those weeks I was already immersed in a serious revaluation of his figure.
I confess that I never appreciated it.
It would be more honest to say that for a long time I even despised Pope Francis.
Before my conversion to Catholicism, I even considered him a kind of "progressive extremist", an antipope, a comfortable ecclesial crutch for that liberal cultural power that is the antithesis of everything that is Christian and that has dominated every area of secular culture for twenty years.
For a long time I even entertained the idea that Pope Francis might not really be the Pope, but a sort of usurper of the Petrine throne.
Only when my reflection led me to truly recognize in …More
"Had a deep devotion for Mary" he says about false prophet Francis, defending him with a lie... Francis is the only antipope EVER to proclaim Mary wasn’t born a saint and he defends Bergoglio with a "deep devotion to Mary"; whoever wrote this he's either clueless or colluding. Amoris laetitia is heretical, It is truly amazing to see how people fall for beautiful lies so easily.
You needed a lot of words to justify your changed view of Francis... In vain. Your entire argument is gaslighting and not worth responding to. Just one thing: you say that Francis had a deep devotion to Mary. Which Mary? He has publicly stated several times that he thinks it is “madness” to call Mary Co-Redemptrix. That shows that he did not have the faintest idea who Mary is (just as he did not understand who her Son is).
@V.R.S. I do not think that you have understood much of , for all, John Paul II. But I grant you your opinion and see no point in discussing it further with you. The Holy Spirit will lead us to the full truth.
Aye now. Your mother wouldn't teach you words like coprophilia. I think he conflates perverse effeminacy to maternal solicitude. To love another is to desire their good. A loving mother would never confirm her children in self destruction. Our Lady would never tell her children that there are other ways to sanctity than through her son. He would do well to learn from Christ, to love pray and offer sacrifice for the enemies of His cross. Christ never taught that you should despise your enemy.
This article is pure gaslighting. I don't understand why was it posted here?