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Pope Francis hears grumbling about Fr. James Martin, SJ. So, he turns to his key advisors.
He starts with the Jesuit Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, he of 2+2=5 theological fame, who tells Francis there is no problem with Martin who is doing God’s own work in building bridges to a marginalized community.
Francis next turns to Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Germany who tells him that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
He goes to Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Joseph Tobin who answer in unison that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
He even turns to papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, who has his ear attuned to the Anglosphere, and who tells Francis that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
But Francis says he has heard things, that maybe Fr. James Martin is not totally solid on the teachings of the Church. This comes only from the rigid, Holy Father. Ignore them.
This is the problem one encounters when wondering how and why Pope Francis would so fulsomely endorse the “ministry” of Fr. James Martin, SJ:
Continued below.
Pope Francis is Wrong About Fr. James Martin
He starts with the Jesuit Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civiltà Cattolica, he of 2+2=5 theological fame, who tells Francis there is no problem with Martin who is doing God’s own work in building bridges to a marginalized community.
Francis next turns to Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Germany who tells him that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
He goes to Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago and Cardinal Joseph Tobin who answer in unison that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
He even turns to papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, who has his ear attuned to the Anglosphere, and who tells Francis that Martin is doing God’s own work building bridges to a marginalized community.
But Francis says he has heard things, that maybe Fr. James Martin is not totally solid on the teachings of the Church. This comes only from the rigid, Holy Father. Ignore them.
This is the problem one encounters when wondering how and why Pope Francis would so fulsomely endorse the “ministry” of Fr. James Martin, SJ:
Continued below.
Pope Francis is Wrong About Fr. James Martin
