Pope warns in Spain against polarization and far right
Pope Francis warns during his visit to Spain against polarization and the far right, evoking Pius XI's 1937 encyclical against Nazism. Criticism and support divide public opinion.
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Pope's warning in Spain: polarization and populism, the new danger
Pope Francis's visit to Spain has left a clear message: polarization, the populist drift and the threat of the far right are today's major risks. The warning is nothing new for the Church. In March 1937, Pius XI condemned Nancy in the encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge, a precedent some have now revived to stress that the papal warning remains relevant.
But the response has not been unanimous. While some applaud Francis's courage in pointing at the far right, others point to the institution's internal contradictions: unresolved sensual abuse cases, opaque business schools and the continued existence of Opus Dei as centres of real power. The quip that "no lessons from these people" sums up the scepticism of part of public opinion.
Among the more extreme comments, some argue the Church should have been swept away during the Civil War, while others mock those who now criticise the Pope for alleged anti-Westernism. The clash of views shows that, eighty years after Pius XI's condemnation, the divisions remain deep and the papal message not only polarises but exposes the Church's own open wounds.
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Pope Francis's visit to Spain has left a clear message: polarization, the populist drift and the threat of the far right are today's major risks. The warning is nothing new for the Church. In March 1937, Pius XI condemned Nancy in the encyclical Mit Brennender Sorge, a precedent some have now revived to stress that the papal warning remains relevant.
But the response has not been unanimous. While some applaud Francis's courage in pointing at the far right, others point to the institution's internal contradictions: unresolved sensual abuse cases, opaque business schools and the continued existence of Opus Dei as centres of real power. The quip that "no lessons from these people" sums up the scepticism of part of public opinion.
Among the more extreme comments, some argue the Church should have been swept away during the Civil War, while others mock those who now criticise the Pope for alleged anti-Westernism. The clash of views shows that, eighty years after Pius XI's condemnation, the divisions remain deep and the papal message not only polarises but exposes the Church's own open wounds.
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