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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Sat Dec 6, 2014, 10:16 AM Dec 2014

Smoking gun? Pope Francis’ critics cite new book in questioning his papacy

Last edited Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:45 PM - Edit history (1)

Interfaith post

David Gibson

NEW YORK (RNS) Was there a secret plot to elect Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio at the papal conclave last year?

Did Bergoglio — who became Pope Francis at that conclave — give the go-ahead to such a plan?

And does that campaign call his election, and his papacy, into question?

Such questions might sound like plot twists to a new Vatican thriller by Dan Brown, but they are actually the latest talking points promoted by some Catholic conservatives upset with the direction that Francis is leading the church.http://www.religionnews.com/2014/12/05/smoking-gun-pope-francis-critics-cite-new-book-questioning-papacy/