93: Pope Francis The Dictator? —Dr. Henry Sire

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🗓️ 18 September 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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The pontificate of the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Pope Francis has not exactly met the excited hopes of Catholics around the world. Most were happy to learn the Holy Father was from Latin America, and many thought the Church could stand some fresh air and energy.

But things have not turned out so rosy. Never has a Roman Pontiff been the source of so much confusion, ambiguity, and been motivated by such an obviously politicized modus operandi. A spate of books have come out in the last year discussing what can no longer be denied: that the current papacy has been tainted by corruption, scandal, and (to take one example) the refusal to address the stunning allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò.

Space here forbids a full account of the problems Catholics around the world are now awakening to, but this interview with Dr. Henry Sire (pen name Marcantonio Colonna), who wrote what is now a worldwide publishing phenomenon, The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy, goes into greater detail, starting with Bergoglio’s handling of predator priests in his native Buenos Aires. If you’ve been wincing along, wondering what the next confusing or vexing papal decision or directive is going to be, don’t miss this conversation.

In this episode you will learn:

How the political philosophy of Argentine dictator Juan Perón, who ruled the country intermittently in the decades after World War II, strongly influenced young Jorge Bergoglio
Why Perónism, as a strategy for implementing an agenda, is neither conservative nor liberal: it is Machiavellian
How Pope Francis’s defenders do not answer the evidence, but change the subject or resort to ad hominem attacks
The ways in which a climate of fear reigns inside the walls of the Vatican
Specific names, places, and facts that must be confronted when assessing the level of dereliction of episcopal duty
How to stay hopeful and balanced in the meantime through intensified prayer and renewing the effort at understanding the perennial teachings of the Church

Resources recommended in this episode:

The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy by Marcantonio Colonna (aka Henry Sire)
Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse In the Catholic Church by Dr. Leon Podles
Pope Francis In Context by E. Michael Jones
Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis Is Misleading His Flock by Philip Lawler
To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism by Ross Douthat

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 93 of the Patrick Coffin Show.
0:04.0	I'm Dr. Jordan B Peterson.
0:06.0	Clean up your damn room.
0:07.8	Stand up straight with your shoulders back and listen to the Patrick Coffin Showill. Thank you Dr. Peterson.
0:14.0	There's a problem hiding in plain sight in Rome,
0:17.0	and it's the leadership of Pope Francis.
0:19.0	A lot of Catholics around the world are asking hard questions
0:22.0	about the state of the church and the confusing
0:24.8	and ambiguous teachings that seem to be coming from Rome. Catholics have been Catholic their whole
0:30.8	life have never experienced this level of
0:33.2	of uncertainty even challenging the claims of the Christ of the church to be
0:38.4	founded by Christ. Today we're going to go there with the author of the dictator
0:42.3	Pope and see if there are parallels
0:44.1	between the way the church is governed today in Rome with the way the church was governed
0:47.8	in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
0:50.0	This is the Patrick Coffin Show.
0:51.2	Coming up next, Dr. Henry Henry Cyr, don't go away.
0:53.4	Mark Antonio Polona is the pen name of Dr. Henry Cyr, a Barcelona-born author and historian.
1:07.0	He studied at Stonyhurst College and earned an honors degree in modern history at Exeter College in Oxford. His latest book is the fruit of a four-year
1:14.5	residence in Rome. It's titled The Dictator Pope. Henry Cyr joins us now from
1:18.7	London. Thank you very much for joining us. It's a pleasure. There are aade of books come out in the last year or so. Pope Francis in context by E Michael
1:27.4	Jones, Lost Sheppard by Philip Lawler to change the church by Rastowthph that and yours is certainly the more
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