Conservative commentator Matt Walsh weighed in on the criticism the new pope is already receiving. Walsh said, “If you aren’t Catholic then you don’t believe that this Pope was elected through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, so you’ll troll through his twitter feed and analyze his selection through a modern political lens.”
“If you are a believing Catholic then you do (or should) believe that his election is ordained by God,” he continued. “You view it through the lens of 2,000 years of Church history and the eternal will of the Almighty God. From that perspective, playing the gotcha game with old tweets is silly and bizarre.”
“This is why any conversation about the Pope on this site is destined to be disjointed, confused, and ultimately useless,” said Walsh. “My own very early impression (as someone who in the second category) is that there are some good signs and bad signs with this new Pope. I want to see what he actually does with his papacy before I pass any kind of judgment.”
“If he does things I don’t like, I’ll say so,” said Walsh. “As I did with Pope Francis. In the meantime, I’ll pray for him and for the Church.”
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