Barbara Simpson decries Francis’ recent claim that the West is ‘racist’
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The latest news about Pope Francis is that he is suffering further from pain in his legs and that he made an appearance this week at the Vatican in a wheelchair. This is the first time he has appeared in public in this manner, reinforcing the health problems he has been suffering.
Catholics may be concerned for his health, and perhaps justifiably so, but I suspect that many more Catholics are concerned for what this man is doing to the Church itself and believers worldwide. It seems that not a week goes by that some decision or statement by Pope Francis is revealed to the public, and it shakes things up again for true believers.
Catholics are still trying to adjust to the announcement that the pope wants to end the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass. Believers already are dealing with the decision after Vatican Two that the Mass be celebrated in the language of the country, meaning that in the U.S., it is celebrated in English.
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