I am sympathetic with people who don't appreciate how Pope Francis has done everything, though much less so now. The vast majority of issues people take with him, my past self included, have turned out to be manipulations of the truth or outright fabrications. A lot of media from liberal western nations do everything they can to portray the pope as sharing their values when often thats not the case, but people who are motivated against him will believe it without actually looking in to things. Nine times out of ten when there has been a controversy the reality is actually mundane. The curse of mass media, I suppose.
> ...but even a cursory look into ecclesiastical history reveals that the stuff happening nowadays is mild compared to what's come before.
I think a look at history is interesting because many of the sedevacantist arguments are built upon them believing in the "historical (traditional)" teachings, yet are often warping reality. Quite unfortunate since it takes a massive amount of time to actually look at many of the claims that get made since examples and arguments spanning hundreds of years can get referred to in a matter of seconds.
> I'm not Pope Francis's biggest fan...
I am sympathetic with people who don't appreciate how Pope Francis has done everything, though much less so now. The vast majority of issues people take with him, my past self included, have turned out to be manipulations of the truth or outright fabrications. A lot of media from liberal western nations do everything they can to portray the pope as sharing their values when often thats not the case, but people who are motivated against him will believe it without actually looking in to things. Nine times out of ten when there has been a controversy the reality is actually mundane. The curse of mass media, I suppose.
> ...but even a cursory look into ecclesiastical history reveals that the stuff happening nowadays is mild compared to what's come before.
I think a look at history is interesting because many of the sedevacantist arguments are built upon them believing in the "historical (traditional)" teachings, yet are often warping reality. Quite unfortunate since it takes a massive amount of time to actually look at many of the claims that get made since examples and arguments spanning hundreds of years can get referred to in a matter of seconds.