The Media Is Celebrating “Benedict Being Out Of The Way” Of Francis’ Agenda

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1. Up until Benedict’s passing, shall we label the 10 year
   Vatican “standoff” as, “How to keep a Dictator Pope on
   a leash”?

   Juan Peròn’s protégé ( at 14 yrs) Jorge Bergoglio 
   —Pope Francis —possesses neither a natural
   instinct for Democracy with its give-and-take, nor
   the fair-mindedness and fair-play that SHOULD
   show in a SOVEREIGN ruler running a sovereign
   state. Token, fake, fair-mindedness and fair-play
   do not count. For an in-his-bones-dictator, at the
   end of the day, it’s ultimately “my way or the highway”.
   But even with Royalty there can be “shockery-
   mockery at the cross-roads”.

   King Henry VIII, as depicted in the move, A Man
   For All Seasons, turns out to be as much the
   Dictator as Pope Francis will ever be. King by
   succession, but dictator by hormonal temperament.

   In the pre-invitational supper “discussion” scene —
   leading up to Henry storming off back to his
   river boats —Henry elatedly boasts, “Thomas, I’m
   in an excellent frame of mind!”. The reason being,
   one wonders, because “ME and MY duty” trump
   ANYTHING the Pope has to say about Henry’s
   marriage?

   But then poor Henry bewails THE FOLLOWERS
   who attach themselves to him and his court:
   “There are those, like Norfolk, who follow me
   because I wear the Crown; those like master
   Cromwell, who follow me because they’re jackals
   with sharp teeth and I’m their tiger; there’s a mass
   that follows me because it follows anything that
   moves . . . then there’s YOU ( . . and your are
   HONEST).”

   Thankfully, Christ has had His ( WHOLE) Church
   pray 24/7 for His various Vicars throughout the
   Millennia! And Pope Francis has certainly not
   been left on the sidelines —one would think —
   like his band-wagoneers are in danger of.
   Surely it is Jesus’ ETERNAL “I have prayed
   for you (that Satan may NOT have you)!”,
   bonding each of the Pontificates since the
   first Pope, St. Peter.

   Whatever ill-will or bad faith Francis has sporadically
   displayed . . heretical teaching, unjust removal of
   proven “Good men”, covering for and promotion of
   proven “bad actors”, display of uncontrolled
   temper . . well, he has yet to breathe his last. His
   predecessor Benedict has prayed for, and is
   interceding for Francis, that Satan may NOT
   \have his Soul.

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