From Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
Little things can mean big things,
Papa Ratzinger used vestments and other gear from the Vatican storehouses to emphasise that he was successor of popes from both before and after 'the Council'; and the fact that the Church, both before and after 'the Council', was the same Church.
Papa Bergoglio found it hard to resist the temptation to emphasise himself and to bang the drum for rupture. "Look at me ... I'm not dressed in the usual way ... I'm not sharing a name with any previous pope ... I'm persecuting people who respect the Old Things ... I'm different."
Benedict may have got some things wrong, and Francis may have got some things right.
But Benedict looked to Tradition ... while Francis pointed to himself ... Me and Me and Me and Me.
And Tradition is the living Word of th Living Lord among his people.
Holy Father, Pray for us. The wolves are at large. Protect us.
Be our strong advocate.
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