26 March 2015, The Tablet

Not everyone loves Francis


 
While most polls show overwhelming support for Pope Francis among Catholics and non-Catholics, in the United States there is a small but determined group that is highly critical of him. The Pope’s encyclical on the environment, which is expected soon, is likely to deepen their rancour During the long papacies of John Paul II and Benedict XVI no one seems able to recall the conservative Catholic magazine Crisis running an article entitled “Can a Pope be a heretic?” But early this month, Crisis featured a detailed examination of the question by Steubenville University theology professor Jacob Wood. Cardinal Raymond Burke, recently removed from a Vatican post and given a ceremonial role as chaplain to the Knights of Malta, told an interviewer that he would “resist&rd
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