Pope's visit to Spain: blessing for the PSOE, excommunication for Vox?
The papal visit to Spain has drawn criticism over alleged alignment with the left and a breach of Vatican neutrality. Appointments, populism and clientelism are at the heart of the debate.
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The Pope in Spain: broken neutrality or simple political realism?
When an Argentine pontiff lands in Madrid and his first speech mentions populism as a threat, ears prick up. The visit, laden with symbolism, has sparked an analysis that goes beyond the religious: for many observers, Francis has broken the Vatican's traditional neutrality by aligning himself with the globalist left's discourse and distancing himself from the positions of Vox and Aliança.
The key lies in the appointments. The strategy of quietly naming like-minded cardinals – as done in recent consistories – is no accident: it secures the continuity of a theological and political line that many identify with the agenda of simplistic do-goodism, unlimited immigration and pogre taxation. At the other end, the opposition to surrogacy and free prostitution completes a profile that, for some critics, turns the Bergoglian Church into an appendage of Podemos.
The comparison with the Children's Crusade or the Pied Piper of Hamelin is not an exaggeration for those who believe the elites are leading society towards an ideological precipice. On the economic front, the papal discourse against populism sounds paradoxical when the Spanish government itself – according to its detractors – practices fiscal populism and clientelism. The European Union, which has already issued warnings to Hungary and Poland for less audacious measures, is watching askance.
The second day of the visit confirmed the antiestéticars: the neo-Church of Catholic-Bergoglian stripe has sanctified itself as a champion of the globalist far left. Those hoping for a message of unity find an even deeper division instead. And what remains of the agenda suggests the rift will only widen.
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When an Argentine pontiff lands in Madrid and his first speech mentions populism as a threat, ears prick up. The visit, laden with symbolism, has sparked an analysis that goes beyond the religious: for many observers, Francis has broken the Vatican's traditional neutrality by aligning himself with the globalist left's discourse and distancing himself from the positions of Vox and Aliança.
The key lies in the appointments. The strategy of quietly naming like-minded cardinals – as done in recent consistories – is no accident: it secures the continuity of a theological and political line that many identify with the agenda of simplistic do-goodism, unlimited immigration and pogre taxation. At the other end, the opposition to surrogacy and free prostitution completes a profile that, for some critics, turns the Bergoglian Church into an appendage of Podemos.
The comparison with the Children's Crusade or the Pied Piper of Hamelin is not an exaggeration for those who believe the elites are leading society towards an ideological precipice. On the economic front, the papal discourse against populism sounds paradoxical when the Spanish government itself – according to its detractors – practices fiscal populism and clientelism. The European Union, which has already issued warnings to Hungary and Poland for less audacious measures, is watching askance.
The second day of the visit confirmed the antiestéticars: the neo-Church of Catholic-Bergoglian stripe has sanctified itself as a champion of the globalist far left. Those hoping for a message of unity find an even deeper division instead. And what remains of the agenda suggests the rift will only widen.
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