Very reasonable ones,<\/a> it seems to me, and I\u2019d love to be a fly on the wall at that conversation.<\/p>\n One reader informs me that I divide the whole discussion of this papacy into Francis-hating Reactionaries vs. All is Well.<\/p>\n Nope. There are perfectly legitimate things to wonder about with this pope as with any pope. The problem is that, in St. Blog\u2019s, most people are wondering. They are convinced they Know. The \u201cquestions\u201d they ask are typically veiled accusations, not requests for information. They ask questions, not to find things out, but to keep from finding things out: \u201cWhy does Francis keep assisting the enemies of the faith in the destruction of the Church? I think we know why!\u201d Heck not a few of them no longer bother couch things as pseudo-question. As one of the many lunatics freaking out about Francis remarked the other day, \u201cWe have five years before we lose the Mass.\u201d<\/p>\n George demonstrates what it looks like to ask questions in order to find things out. He does not proceed from the assumption that the mission is to gather evidence in a heresy trial or, worse still, from the conviction that a guilty verdict has now been obtained and that we are merely in the process of gather firewood for the auto-de-fe. He talks as though Francis might actually have something to teach us.<\/p>\n Speaking of which, Ramesh Ponnuru asks a very reasonable question:<\/p>\n Ramesh PonnuruVerified account<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u200f Tell me again why traditionalists are supposed to oppose this guy? http:\/\/www.<\/span>catholicherald.co.uk\/news\/2014\/11\/1<\/span>7\/full-text-pope-franciss-opening-address-to-humanum-conference\/<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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