Rome: While boarding his flight to Mozambique, Holy Father greeted the press and conversed with few reporters who demanded his comments on the visit and its progress. While aboard, as reported by Nicolas Seneze, a reporter from La Croix, the French Catholic daily newspaper on 4th September, the Pope said that it is “an honor when Americans attack me.”
The questions were raised in lieu of the issuing of a new book written by Seneze himself, about the accusations against Pope Francis, made by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the former nuncio to the United States. The book is titled, “Comment l’Amerique veut changer de pape,” which means “how America wanted to change popes.” The book was compiled in French, and open to sales on the very same day. Pondering upon the controversial nature of the book, His Holiness retorted that, he was aware of the book and was trying to find a copy of the issue, to which Seneze responded by providing a copy himself.
The book emphasized on the happenings of August 2018, wherein multiple allegations were laid against the Holy Father’s ministry, as part of a planned conspiracy mainly led by the Catholics in the United States to create apprehensions among the Universal Catholic Church.As per the book, Seneze calls a certain group as ‘rigorist’ Catholics, who generally belong to the creamy layer of the society. According to his reportage, the deems the rigorists aren’t very supportive of the mannerisms promoted by Pope Francis, especially the virtue of Mercy, his ethical practices, teachings regarding family apostolate and his considerations towards Cuba and China.
On handing the book to one of his associates, the Holy Father commented, “it’s a bomb!”
(Source: https://www.catholicnews.com/)
