A French journalist working on a documentary about opposition to the
Pope recently asked Cardinal Raymond Burke if he was an enemy of
Francis. The reply was illuminating. “Well, I certainly hope he’s not my
enemy,” retorted the former head of the Vatican’s supreme court, who
now occupies a largely ceremonial sinecure as patron of the Knights of
Malta.
Does the Pope really have enemies? Catholics used to pray in the liturgy that he would be saved from them, but it was taken for granted then that we were referring to enemies outside the Church. There remain terror groups like ISIS that would like to harm him physically. But what might shock some Catholics is the notion that the Pope might have “enemies” inside the Church. And, as I will argue, they may actually turn out to be his greatest allies at this October’s crucial family synod.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/june-5th-2015/francis-needs-to-keep-his-enemies-close/
Does the Pope really have enemies? Catholics used to pray in the liturgy that he would be saved from them, but it was taken for granted then that we were referring to enemies outside the Church. There remain terror groups like ISIS that would like to harm him physically. But what might shock some Catholics is the notion that the Pope might have “enemies” inside the Church. And, as I will argue, they may actually turn out to be his greatest allies at this October’s crucial family synod.
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/issues/june-5th-2015/francis-needs-to-keep-his-enemies-close/