The lowest among us: a new pope, an age-old Christian message
By Jacques Dalarun
LE MONDE/Worldcrunch
... This unexpected choice of a new pope has brought with it a wind of true change: the first non-European pope since 731, Gregory III of Syria; first pope from the American continent; the first Jesuit pope. Bergoglio himself was not responsible for all this -- it was the two-thirds majority of his fellow cardinals who made the choice.
Instead, he alone chose an unprecedented name, which has only happened twice in the past millennieum, in 913 with Landon and 1978 with John Paul I ...
... Francis of Assisi professed fraternity among men and women, teaching that everyone comes from the same Father, making us all brothers and sisters ...
Never did he preach for the holy crusade, nor did he play a part in the struggle against heresy that led to the inquisition. Francis wished to express his Christian faith through his physical presence and a brotherly lifestyle. He cursed no category, identified no enemy ...
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