Pope Francis: An Astute Political Participant
Posted by Jane
M. Snyder on Thursday, 21 March 2013 in The Catholic
Association Blog
Daniel
Henninger poses a great question in yesterday’s print edition of The Wall
Street Journal when he asks, “Why does the Pope fascinate the world?”
Indeed, Pope Benedict's resignation and the selection of Pope Francis has
captured the attention of the world to an unprecedented degree.
Despite the
popular perception of a divided Church under siege, Henninger notes, “Across
the globe, the papacy draws on a 2,000-year-old reservoir of institutional
loyalty. The challenge for any pope in our times is to choose where and
how to deploy such power.”
Henninger concludes with this assessment: “The pope has a political base ... Give Francis space to get his bearings. The world in time will discover an astute political participant.”
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