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Where Did (Pope) Francis Go Awry? by Daniel B. Gallagher – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Where Did (Pope) Francis Go Awry? by Daniel B. Gallagher

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Saint Francis before the Sultan of Egypt Malec-el-Kamal by Zacarías González Velázquez, c. 1787 [Prado, Madrid]

By Daniel B. Gallagher, The Catholic Thing, October 29, 2025

Daniel B. Gallagher lectures in philosophy and literature at Ralston College. He previously served as a Latin Secretary to Popes Benedict XVI and Francis.

When I retired after a decade of service at the Holy See, things were not going well. That was in 2016. Truth be told, things were already not going well even under Benedict XVI. The Roman Curia is a bureaucratic mess.

But magisterial messes are even worse, and a massive one occurred four years after my departure.

It wasn’t a spontaneous comment made during an impromptu press conference. It wasn’t an off-the-cuff, ambiguous statement on a topic like marriage, LGBTQ rights, or capital punishment. It was an entire theological vision. Or lack thereof.

This October marks five years since the biggest bungle of the Francis pontificate. Sadly, it is closely connected to the very name Jorge Bergoglio chose upon his election to the See of Peter. Interpreting Saint Francis, his legacy, and the charism he bequeathed the Church has always been difficult. Fratelli Tutti massively compounded that difficulty. …

Where Did (Pope) Francis Go Awry? by Daniel B. Gallagher

St. Teresa of Ávila Says Prayer Is More Than Words — It’s Friendship, by Thomas Griffin

Christian Revelation and LGBT Ideology, by Marcello Riccobaldi

By Daniel B. Gallagher, The Catholic Thing, October 29, 2025

When I retired after a decade of service at the Holy See, things were not going well. That was in 2016. Truth be told, things were already not going well even under Benedict XVI. The Roman Curia is a bureaucratic mess.

But magisterial messes are even worse, and a massive one occurred four years after my departure.

It wasn’t a spontaneous comment made during an impromptu press conference. It wasn’t an off-the-cuff, ambiguous statement on a topic like marriage, LGBTQ rights, or capital punishment. It was an entire theological vision. Or lack thereof.

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