Troubles Ahead: Francis Praises Opus Dei to the Skies

"I am a very close friend of the Opus Dei, I like it very much and it works well in the Church," Francis pretended during his Abc.es interview: "The good they do is very great."

He added that he is "a friend" of the Vicar General of Opus Dei, Father Mariano Fazio, who is from Argentina. For Francis, his crackdown on Opus Dei was "not only" a matter of Opus Dei, but of personal prelatures. However, Opus Dei is the only personal prelature in existence and Francis does not care about canonical issues.

Francis has moved Opus Dei from the Congregation of Bishops to Clergy and demoted the prelate of Opus Dei. Now he claims that what happened was "serene" and "normal" and that "even canon lawyers of Opus Dei collaborated in the procedure."

"The measure is a reassignment that had to be clarified. It is not right to dramatise the matter, or to make Opus Dei the victim, or to stamp them as perpetrators who were punished." In other words: excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta = "He who excuses himself accuses himself."

After so much hypocrisy, Opus Dei should brace itself for more blows from Francis.

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