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2024-06-21 International-UN-NGOs
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'There is an atmosphere of pederasty.' How the Pope is preparing the way for a successor
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Ruslan Kalinchuk
[REGNUM]  Before the scandal had time to subside after the words of Pope Francis that there are “too many homosexuals” in Catholic seminaries (“C’è già troppa frociaggine”) (the Vatican even had to apologize for these homophobic statements), the word came out of the pontiff’s mouth again: considered extremely obscene in Italy.
The Italian website Silere Non Possum wrote that in a conversation with priests, the pope said: “Yes, there is an atmosphere of pederasty. This is true, this is how it is in the Vatican” (“Si, c'è un'aria di frociaggine. È vero, in Vaticano c'è”).
The scandal, among other things, was caused by the word Francis chose from among the many terms describing homosexuality. Initially, they tried to attribute this to the pope’s insufficient knowledge of the Italian language. The word frocio is of Roman origin; different regions of Italy have their own synonyms for it. And the pontiff’s childhood, they say, passed in a Piedmontese-speaking environment. So he didn’t know what kind of dirty curse he used. However, the repeated use of this particular term suggests that this is not a matter of translation difficulties.
The pope's statements have caused some confusion in the Catholic world, as Francis is seen as sympathetic to left-wing ideas.
In the first years after Francis ascended the papal throne in 2013, it seemed that the only people criticizing the pontiff were those who were dissatisfied with possible reforms of bureaucratic structures, the reorganization of the Vatican Bank, the launch of an investigation into sex scandals involving the clergy and the resignations associated with all this.
But in fact, the pope is most often subjected to theological criticism for attempts to soften his attitude towards the LGBT* community. In 2020, Francis supported civil same-sex unions, saying gay people have the right to a family.
And in November 2023, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Inquisition) wrote in its clarification that transsexuals and homosexuals can be baptized and be godparents. The same document also discussed allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples.
And despite the fact that the Vatican officially emphasized the meaning of marriage as a union of a man and a woman and we are not talking about the wedding of same-sex couples, even within the Catholic Church many perceived this step as a kind of “Overton window.”
This policy of Pope Francis became the reason for the formation of internal opposition within the curia itself (the administrative structures of the Vatican) both among ordinary believers and senior prelates in different countries of the world.
Thus, in 2017, in a letter to Francis entitled Correctio filialis (“Filial Instructions”, Latin), more than 60 priests and theologians essentially reproached the pope for distorting or misinterpreting the teaching of the Catholic Church on the family. This letter remained unanswered.
Moreover, many conservative politicians have found it difficult to understand why the pope is ignoring the views of those Catholics who want to preserve their religious and cultural identity.
First of all, we are talking about the leader of the Italian Northern League party Matteo Salvini. The Vatican not only regularly ignored the politician’s requests to meet with the pope, but also condemned his use of Christian symbols in the League’s election campaign for the European Parliament elections (Salvini raised his rosary to the sky and said that he dedicated his life and the whole of Italy to the Virgin Mary and the saints).
The pope's main opponent in defending conservative values was the Archbishop of St. Louis (USA) Raymond Leo Burke, who headed the Vatican Supreme Tribunal from 2008 to 2014.
He demonstratively communicated with Donald Trump through his ex-adviser Stephen Bannon, met with Matteo Salvini and spoke very kindly of him.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who formerly headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, also supported Salvini: “There are countries that want to de-Christianize Italy and Europe, while Salvini returns to the patron saints of the European Union, to its Christian roots.”
Willem Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht (Netherlands) called Salvini an inspiration.
It should be noted that traditionalists (Salvini, Trump) cause enthusiasm among the Catholic community, because they provide an opportunity to directly support people who stand for Christian values.
This is why most Catholics in the United States voted for Trump. And even in Italy, conservative Catholic publications expressed support for him (Tempi newspaper).
Other traditionalist movements, Forza Nuova and Militia Christi, also did not support Pope Francis' rhetoric.
But the real turning point, which united the conservative opposition to the pontiff, was the preparation and holding of the Amazon Synod in Rome.
The scandal was caused by the use of figurines of Pachamama, the goddess of fertility of the Amazon Indians, in prayer ceremonies. About a hundred priests from Germany addressed Pope Francis with a letter in which they accused him of paganism, and the former apostolic nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, against the backdrop of what was happening around the Amazon Synod, announced the possibility of a deepening schism among Catholics.
But it would be very premature to think so. Conservatives are now more diverse than conventional liberals.
Some critics of the pope are not satisfied with the softening of attitudes towards homosexuals and the liberalization of the teaching on the family, others are dissatisfied with certain forms of mission, and still others are upset that the pope does not support those Catholics who are fighting for the national identity of their countries. But for all traditionalists, the preservation of the papacy as a conservative institution is important.
It is obvious that the contradictions between conservatives and “liberals” in the person of Pope Francis and his entourage go far beyond internal church disputes and reflect general political discussions in the world around “left-wing populism” and traditionalism.
Between these poles the pope is forced to maneuver, making statements about the “atmosphere of pederasty.”
On the one hand, on the eve of the final session of the synod of bishops (the meeting is scheduled to take place in October and continue the discussion of the concept of synodality), Francis needs to reassure the conservative part of the Catholic world, concerned about a possible revolution in the moral teaching of Catholicism.
On the other hand, it is quite logical that, at 87, Francis is thinking about a successor and, in order to clear the way for him, is trying to enlist the support of the center-right clergy, convincing them that the program he is promoting is not so radical.
In other words, we are talking about forming a coalition for the future conclave. Do not forget that the current pope is a Jesuit and acts with all the cunning inherent in representatives of this order (which many consider simply a specific intelligence service).
His words are not enough to cast doubt on the entire previous course towards liberalizing the church’s attitude towards LGBT* people, but it may be quite enough to soften the attitude towards the pontiff and his possible successor.
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