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By T. S. Flanders, OnePeterFive, January 13, 2024
Timothy S. Flanders earned a BA in Greek and Latin from Grand Valley State University in 2010 with special studies in history, writing and Arabic. As a result of his studies, he converted from Protestantism to Eastern Orthodoxy and began working in education among ages Kindergarten to adult. He then pursued a Masters’ Degree in Christian history and theology with the Catholic University of Ukraine. …
The Pope knew. The Vatican knew. They knew that Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández was also the author of the erotic text Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality.
And then he was appointed to be in charge of the doctrinal purity at the Office Formerly Known as Holy.
The new doctrinal chief continues to shoot from the hip with rapid fire, both by means of official responsa and interviews to answer his critics. The latest of these comes in an interview with Spanish news agency EFE (English report from Edward Pentin):
I knew that, in the midst of polemical issues, they could use old things like this book [Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality]; they were just waiting for the right occasion… I had informed the Pope that this could happen when he proposed to me this position [of DDF prefect] for the second time, but this was already clear to him and he also knew about this book. ….
