Regular readers of this blog might think I am on some sort of anti-Catholic crusade. Quite the contrary. I am very Catholic. But upon the Pope’s arrival today in Mexico before going on to Cuba, I am more concerned with what the Church does to hurt the development of the HispanicLatino community – and the country – than worrying about thoughts on paper that some might take as anti-Catholic.
This Pope’s Papacy has been such a disaster that his arrival in one of the most Catholic countries in the world is almost a non-event. The media will cover it, of course, but so uninspired are Catholics today by this Pope and by the crop of bishops that he and his predecessor appointed that the planners of this papal trip would not dare take the Pope on a tour that would require large crowds to demonstrate the Church’s standing in Mexico – a once-effective tool in this age when image and impression are easy to manipulate. The Church is so damaged and weaker now than at anytime in modern history that the Pope will hardly venture outside Guanajuato, the cradle of Mexican conservatism.