num_pages: 256
description: The Inside Story of the Francis PapacyCould Pope Francis be the most tyrannical and unprincipled pontiff in modern times? Yes says Church historian Marcantonio Colonna in his controversial yet judicious new book The Dictator Pope.Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope in 2013 as a liberal and a reformer. In fact he was neitherexcept by coincidence. Though he was not well-known within the College of Cardinals that elected him close observers in his native land already recognized him to be a manipulative politician skilled at self-promotion and a disciple of the populist dictator Juan Pern.Behind the mask of a genial man of the people is a pope the author says who cares shockingly little about theology or the liturgy but is obsessed with his own power. Allying himself with the most corrupt elements in the Vatican Francis rules by fear. He has obstructed or reversed the very reforms that were expected of him and attempted to alter Catholic teaching by subterfuge. In The Dictator Pope you will learn:Why the head of Franciss own religious order thought he should not be made a bishopWhy Francis may have diverted Church funds to support Hillary Clintons failed presidential campaignHow true Church reformers have been punished by the Pope and his alliesHow Francis himself has mused that he might be the cause of a schism in the ChurchWhy clerics in the Vatican have gone from dismissing Francis as a clown to fearing him as a dictator
language: English
title: The Dictator Pope
publisher: None