Oh, how we just love the interviews on
the journey back to Rome by Bergoglio the Papal Clown. A blog post or two
can always be posted. I would write, “written” but they write themselves.
"Today we are used to insulting
each other: one politician insults another, a neighbor insults another, even in
the family we insult each other. I dare not say that there is an insult
culture, but it is a weapon at hand."
Does he mean in the same manner as these all documented and linked at
"Old maid!"
"Fomenter of coprophagia!"
"Specialist of the Logos!"
"Rosary counter!"
"Functionary!"
"Self-absorbed, Promethean neo-Pelagian!"
"Restorationist!"
"Ideological Christians!"
"Pelagian!"
"Mr and Mrs Whiner!"
"Triumphalist!"
"Rigid Christians!"
"Modern gnostics!"
"Liquid Christian!"
"Superficial Christians!"
"Slaves of superficiality!"
"Museum mummy!"
"Renaissance prince!"
"Airport Bishop!"
"Leprous courtier!"
"Idealogue!"
"Long-faced, mournful funeral
Christian!"
"Gnostic!"
"Careerist Bishop!"
"Sourpuss!"
"Authoritarian!"
"Elitist!"
"Querulous and disillusioned
pessimist!"
"Sad Christian!"
"Pickled pepper-faced
Christian!"
"Children! Afraid to dance! To
cry! Afraid of everything!"
"Asker for certainty in all
things!"
"Christians allergic to
preaching!"
"Closed, sad, trapped Christian
who is not a free Christian!"
"Pagan Christian!"
"Little monster!"
"Defeated Christian!"
"Creed-reciting, parrot
Christian!"
"Watered-down faith, weak-hoped
Christian!"
"Inquisitorial beater!"
"Seminarians who grit their teeth
and wait to finish!"
"Those who follow rules and smile
[who] reveal the hypocrisy of clericalism - one of the worst evils!"
"Abstract ideologue!"
"Fundamentalist!"
"Smarmy, idolator priest!"
"Worshiper of the god
Narcissus!"
"Priest-wheeler dealer!"
"Priest-tycoon!"
"Religious who have a heart as
sour as vinegar!"
"Promoter of the poison of
immanence!"
“Those closed in the formality of a
prayer that is cold, stingy!"
"They might end up as Michal, in
the sterility of her formality.”
"Older people nostalgic for structures
and customs which are no longer life-giving in today’s world!"
"Young people addicted to
fashion!"
"Pastry-Shop Christians!"
"Luscious cakes, sweet
dainties!"
"Delectable, but not real
Christians!"
"Existential tourist!"
"Anesthetised Christian!"
"Christian hypocrites only
interested in their formalities!"
“They disguise themselves, they
disguise themselves as good people!
"They make themselves up like
little holy cards, looking up at heaven as they pray, making sure they are
seen!"
"They believe they are more
righteous than others, they despise others!"
‘Mah,’ they say, “I’m very Catholic, because
my uncle was a great benefactor, my family is this, I’m that… I’ve learned... I
know this bishop, this Cardinal, this priest... I am this or that...’
"They think they are better than
others! This is hypocrisy!"
"Sloth-diseased, acedic
Christians!"
“Catholics, but without enthusiasm,
even embittered!"
"People without light – real
downers!"
"Selfish Christans, out for
themselves!”
“Christians who do not leave space for
the grace of God!"
"Christians with all the
paperwork, all the certificates, in order!”
"The theologian satisfied that his
thought is complete and conclusive is mediocre!”
“The theologian who does not pray and
does not adore God ends up drowning in the most disgusting narcissism.”
“This is an ecclesiastical
sickness!"
“The narcissism of theologians and
thinkers does such harm; it’s disgusting!"
“Your institutions are not machines for
producing theologians and philosophers!”
"Christian bats who prefer the
shadows to the light!”
"Starched Christians!"
"Christians who are too polite!
"Christians who speak of theology
calmly over tea!"
"Catholics who work for personal
profit!
"Catholics who presented
themselves as benefactors of the Church and made money on the side!”
"Climbers! People driven by
ambition!"
"Vain, butterfly-priest!"
"If you like climbing go to the
mountains and climb them: it is healthier! Do not come to Church to
climb!"
"A simple numerary in this
sect!"
"Weathervanes!"
"Rotting in the heart, weak!"
"Weak to the point of
rottenness!"
"Gloomy in the heart!"
"Weak-hearted Christians!"
"So much sterility within our
Mother Church!"
"The weight of the hope in the
Commandments!" that pelagianism that all of us carry within our bones, she
becomes sterile!"
"She believes she is capable of
giving birth…she can’t!"
"The Church is more like an
entrepreneur than a mother!"
"A discouraged, anxious, sad
Church!"
"Church who is more spinster than
mother!"
"This Church isn’t useful!"
"such a Church is no more than a museum!"
"Christians in appearance!
"Made-up Christians, because when
the rain comes, the make-up runs off!"
“So many ‘apparent Christians,’
collapse at the first temptation!”
"Christians of appearance!"
"Dead Christians!"
“Band of the chosen” in that “ecclesiastical
microclimate!”
"Christians who prefer a spectacle
to the silence of the Kingdom of God!"
“Vain, pageant Christians!"
"Christians without strength,
without fertility"!
"A Christian out for himself, to
serve himself!"
"Christian with a sad life!"
"Christians enemies of the Cross
of Christ!"
"Pagans with two strokes of
Christian paint, so as to appear like Christians, but pagans nonetheless!"
“A pastor who opens the doors of the
Church and stays there, waiting, is sad!”
"Dark Christians who lead a life
of sin! "A life distant from the Lord who belong to the evil!"
one!"
"Christians who are neither light
nor dark!"
"Christians of grey areas on one
side first and then the other!"
"Is this person with God or the devil?
Always in the grey area! They are lukewarm!"
"They are neither light nor dark!
And God does not love these!"
"Christians who live for
appearances! For vanity!"
"Peacocks Christians! They strut
about like peacocks!”
"Soap bubble Christian!"