I am a stray Catholic. I’m pretty sure it’s a specific term for it, but I cannot remember it.
I lost my faith quite early, mainly due to rock’n’roll.
However, I enjoyed my time within the Church. The Bible study proved useful in my later life, and I met some young and enthusiastic priests playing electric guitars. Besides the standard materials, they also projected the Jesus Christ Superstar movie to us.
Before 1989, in a communist country, the Church represented resistance. That was mainly the merit of Pope St John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła). Looking back now, I would say he was probably a CIA asset.
In 2005, I was completely disinterested and disconnected from the Catholic Church and its matters.
At first sight, the new Pope, Benedict XVI (Joseph Alois Ratzinger), seemed an inquisitor and a step back to the Dark Ages. It was quite a shock after the highly popular and publicised St John Paul II.
However, in 2013, something inconceivable happened. Ratzinger renounced the papacy. He was the first Pope to do so since Gregory XII in 1415. It was another shock.
And there has come Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio).
He was set to be the new St John Paul II, great PR and the Pope of the people. Apparently. However, was he truly the Pope of the people, or had some invisible forces put him in charge?
In my opinion, he demolished the Catholic Church, and he was the representative of the leftist, pseudo-progressist, woke, globalist neo-Marxism.
What scars me the most is that those forces had the power to put their agent at the head of the Catholic Church.
Long story short, although initially I disliked Ratzinger and preferred Bergoglio, afterwards, for the benefit of the Church and whole humanity, I prefer Ratzinger and dislike Bergoglio.
Today, we have Leo XIV (Robert Francis Prevost), the first American Pope.
Some say this is an American victory and the signal of a new dawn.
I’m sceptical.
He is an American, but he seems to be the direct successor of Pope Francis and the spokesperson of the anti-Christian, woke, globalist agenda.
Time will tell.
Cardinal Robert Prevost made his first speech as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, and below is a transcript of the speech.
“Peace be with all of you!
Dearest brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave his life for God’s flock.
I, too, would like this greeting of peace to enter your hearts, to reach your families, and all people, wherever they are, all of the people, all over the earth.
Peace be with you!
This is the peace of the Risen Christ, an unarmed peace and a disarming peace, humble and persevering. It comes from God, God who loves us all unconditionally. We still have in our ears that weak, but always courageous voice of Pope Francis as he blessed Rome!
The Pope who blessed Rome, gave his blessing to the world, to the entire world, that Easter morning. Allow me to follow up on that same blessing: God loves us, God loves you all, and evil will not prevail!
We are all in the hands of God.
Therefore, without fear, united hand in hand with God and among ourselves, we move forward. We are disciples of Christ.
Christ precedes us. The world needs his light. Humanity needs him as the bridge to allows it to be reached by God and by his love.
Help us, too, and help each other to build bridges, with dialogue, with meetings, uniting us all to be one people, always in peace. Thank you, Pope Francis! I also want to thank all my brother cardinals who have chosen me to be Peter’s Successor, and to walk together with you, as a united Church always seeking peace, justice, always seeking peace, justice, always seeking to work as men and women who are faithful to Jesus Christ, without fear, to proclaim the Gospel, to be missionaries.
I am a son of Saint Augustine, an Augustinian, who said: “with you I am a Christian and for you I am a bishop”. In this sense, we can all walk together towards that homeland that God has prepared for us.
To the Church of Rome, a special greeting! We must seek together how to be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges, dialogue, always open to receive like this square with its open arms, all, all who need our charity, our presence, dialogue and love.
And if you allow me a word, a greeting to all and especially to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo, in Peru, where a faithful people accompanied their bishop, shared their faith and gave so, so much to continue being a Church that is faithful to Jesus Christ.
To all of you, brothers and sisters of Rome, of Italy, of the whole world, we want to be a Church of the Synod, a Church that walks, a Church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, that always seeks to be close, especially to those who suffer.
Today is the day of the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii. Our Mother Mary always wants to walk with us, to be close, to help us with her intercession and her love. So, I would like to pray together with you. Let us pray together for this new mission, for the whole Church, for peace in the world and let us also ask Mary, our Mother, for this special grace.
Hail Mary…”
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