On October 21, 2019, when Bishops of Amazon gathered in the Vatican, a person entered a nearby church in the morning and stole three indigenous idols brought to Rome for the occasion. He lodged a protest by making a video tape to condemn the ‘Murthy Puja’ under the supervision of Pope Francis and threw the idols into the Tibar River.
The incident underlined to what extent the Pope Francis’ traditionalist critics were willing to go to the extent to express their opposition to the Latin American Pope.
From personal protests to social media campaigns, conferences and petitions, orthodoxists clarified that they consider themselves more Catholic than the Pope.
His symbolic leaders in the college of cardinals may be trying to ensure that someone more sympathetic to his feelings should be chosen in place of Francis. Pope Francis died on Monday at the age of 88.
Every pope is critics. And Francis probably hoped that Catholics for two generations would face protests for their radical improvement agenda after they had a more orthodox Pope habit.
He once said, “Some people wanted to kill me.” He said this when he heard that some religious leaders in Rome started planning a future conference while staying in his hospital.
Francis tolerated the right -wing opposition for some time, often responded to their attacks with silence.
He once referred to the opposition alliance in America, saying, “It is an honor if Americans attack me.”
After the death of Pope Benedict 16th in 2022, Francis tried to blunt the opposition and strengthen its progressive reforms.
Within a few days of the funeral of the Benedict, an official who had been a long -time secretary published a memoir in which Francis was highly criticized.
