by Anura Guruge
on May 4, 2022
Way back, on February 25, 2022, at the start of this sorry invasion of Ukraine by bloody Russia I was so happy & impressed that Pope Francis made the unprecedented move of personally going to lodge his concerns with the Russian Ambassador to the Vatican. Alas, in the intervening two-months, as his health & well-being continues to decline his posture towards Russia has started to waver.
He needs to be CAREFUL. Very careful. We have, alas, already had Hitler’s Pope. Rome, however hard you try to gloss over the facts, did NOT come out well re. its posture & actions during WWII. Now, Francis, who should no better, is walking on thin ice.
NO, NATO is no way is responsible.
To even allude to that is STUPID & ignorant. Unbecoming of a reasonable adult, let alone a Pope.
Yes, Francis is old, possibly flirting with senality. Then there is also the fact that he, as I have repeatedly pointed out, is the ‘Donald Trump’ of popes. To him, it is NOT THE OFFICE, it is all about the ‘cult of personality’. He doesn’t see himself as Pope — and we know he relinquished ALL of the historic titles given to a Pope. He sees himself as this Pop Star — Pope Francis, The Man. Donald Trump in a while cassock. So, yes, he likes to say the darnest things to get publicity. He, like Trump, really doesn’t care.
I am, as you can tell, NOT amused.
Francis is crazy to blame this on NATO.
European leaders should have some harsh words for him.
Yes, he lives in an independent state that is NOT a NATO member.
But he is totally surrounded by Italy, a staunch NATO member. He should just remember that.
All of his powers & bluster are restricted to the Vatican. He is just a man when he steps into Italy. SMILE.
