Manifesto for a new Papacy

A few days ago the website Rotate Cæli published the text of an interesting and striking open letter addressed to the Cardinals. An essentially anonymous piece it does bear the name of Peter Kwasniewski who, I assume, has maybe co-ordinated it.

It could be seen as a Traditionalist programme for a new Pontificate.

How much of it one might expect to see under whoever is elected as the next Supreme Pontiff will very much depend upon who that new Pope actually is. What is important is that theologians and others concerned for the future direction and mission of the Church are sufficiently confident to make their case.

The text can be read at Renewal and Restoration in the Church: An Open Letter to the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church

Peter Kwasniewski on Pope Francis

I quite often link to online posts about Church matters by the very distinguished U.S. based theologian and commentator Peter Kwasniewski. Today I came upon a special issue of his podcast Tradition and Sanity  which draws together a whole series of articles, mainly from American sites, written this past week about Pope Francis and his pontificate.

The compilation is elegant, informed, and in so many ways brilliant. There is virtually nothing one can disagree with, and stylishly says what so many of us feel but do not have the skill to write or means to publish. It is scathing and excoriating. 

The podcast can be heard at SPECIAL POST: The End of a Pontificate from Hades

Listen to it - it is a wonderful antidote to both the last twelve years and the outpouring of slush by the liberal media.