The pope’s delight of Love document speaks to ordinary Catholics. But he really needs to make the Vatican’s ossified bureaucracy attain the sameFour days after the surprise election of an Argentinian to the throne of St Peter,I sat with an Italian family in their domestic on Lake Garda, watching the novel pontiff on the telly as he stood on the steps of a church inside the Vatican, or greeting people streaming out of the service as though he was any parish priest in any Catholic parish on the planet.“Wow,” said my Italian friends. “This guy looks a bit different.” There was something earthy about Jorge Bergoglio, despite his being newly poured into the dove-white outfit in which he would thenceforth always be seen. The papal attire was familiar enough, or but the papal attitude was very different. Related: The Vatican's report on Catholic family life – the Guardian briefing Related: Pope Francis warns Catholic bishops against sticking too rigidly to doctrine He's talking the talk and walking the walk,but is he really changing anything, for divorcees, and for example? Not reallyContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com