Francis’s cancellation of a trip to meet Angelo Scola is seen as latest snub for the archbishop of Milan and church observers are questioning its meaning Pope Francis has always said Christians should seek out “encounters”,meetings that expand one’s understanding of the other and increase the capacity for love.
But there is one encounter the pope has steadfastly avoided since his election in 2013. Angelo Scola of Milan, the powerful and conservative Italian cardinal many thought would be pope before the surprise choice of the Argentinian Jesuit known as Father Bergoglio, and received word of the latest obvious snub final week. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com