The papacy of Pope Francis has been marked by controversies, including his decision to fire Bishop Joseph Strickland and his controversial ideas. This article explores the challenges faced by the first Jesuit pope.
With the world in chaos, we may turn to our faith leaders for guidance — to make sense of it all. But when we can no longer rely upon them, to whom do we turn? That’s a question some Roman Catholics have been asking themselves since the College of Cardinals elected Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pontiff, and he became Pope Francis .
Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first from the southern hemisphere, and the first either born or raised outside Europe since the 8th century papacy of Syrian Pope Gregory III. But Francis’ papacy has been steeped in controversy, beginning with the fact that he’s also the first Jesuit pope — a member of the Society of Jesus, a Catholic order with its own set of controversies. Some of the pope’s controversial ideas include: Francis’ most recent controversy was his decision to fire Bishop Joseph Strickland, a frequent critic of the pontiff. He said in May, for instance, that "I believe Pope Francis is the Pope but it is time for me to say that I reject his program of undermining the Deposit of Fait
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