Wednesday, September 23, 2015
CNN: "The People's Pope"
Tuesday night CNN aired a Special Report, “The People’s
Pope”, to complement the Pope’s visit this week to Washington, Philadelphia and
New York, trailer here. Chris Cuomo hosted.
The film was a straightforward biography of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. His personality today is much like that as a
teen. He had a girl friend as a teen and was apparently headed for a career as
a physician as a typical heterosexual married male with his own kids, but at 16
had a sudden religious conversion which is hard for a lay person to explain.
He was quieter than most teens, though, and more reflective.
Early in his career he was fairly authoritarian in his
leadership style. Because of his dissent from the established hierarchy, he was
“exiled” for a while, before his career resumed. He did not want to be elected Pope and was
relieved when Benedict took over, but was in clear line when Benedict resigned.
The film showed the black and white smoke during the Papal election, as in the 1968
film “The Shoes of the Fisherman”.
Pope Francis has emphasized humility and walking in others’
shoes. He has also emphasized non-judgmentalism, on issues like sexuality and
the LGBT community.
The documentary pointed out that many of the old
establishment felt that the conservative hard line rules on the teachings of the
Church gave Catholicism an “identity”, which might become less distinct under
Francis.
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