Commentary
With the recent hospitalisation of Pope Francis, speculation has once again turned to how much longer his papacy will last, given he is 86 years of age and in declining health.
In fact, 10 years ago last month, Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope. But there is no cause for celebration.
The Demos document (Greek for people)—a statement attributed to the late Cardinal George Pell on the state of the Church, described Francis’ papacy as “catastrophic.” Not long before his death, Pell described the situation in Rome as “the Wild West.”
The widely respected German Cardinal, Gerhard Müller, recently gave an interview stating that Francis allegedly “surrounds himself with a magic circle of people who are not prepared theologically.” He also alleged that the recent reforms of the Curia were disastrous, reducing it to “a business that works to provide assistance to “clients,” as if it were a multinational enterprise and no longer an ecclesial body.”…