A little flu cannot slow down Francis' revolution

(Francis meeting with Argentinian interfaith group returning from Israel.)

Francis did a rare thing today.  He canceled an appearance he was to make at a seminary in Rome due to coming down with the flu.  Reporters in the Vatican press pool must have sighed in relief.  It is only the second time he has canceled for illness since his reign began.  It is not known what caused the illness.  Could he have gotten it yesterday when he welcomed 45 visitors returning from Israel?  The delegation which went to the Holy Land consisted of 15 Muslims, 15 Jews, and 15 Catholics all from Argentina.  This interfaith trip was the trial run for Francis' planned visit of Israel on May 24-26.

Many are praying Francis gets well but others according to some are not praying for his good health to return.  Cardinal Maradiaga told the Catholic News Agency, "I heard some say they are praying that Francis will die soon.  This is bad and such people think they are Christians."  Maradiaga prefaced his remarks with a statement that all are not happy with the changes Francis is making, implying they want Francis to die.  Die?  This man is the best thing to ever happen to the Novus Ordo faith!  People are leaving the Novus Ordo church in droves and seeking out the Catholic Faith!

In other news it was announced today, Francis will soon have a facebook page in addition to the nine twitter accounts he currently has.  One can hope he has it up and running before Lent and the Vatican posts many pictures demonstrating the apostasy presently happening.  Here is the bombshell, today it was announced yesterday a married man was ordained a priest!

(Manal Kassab, Rev. Wissam Akiki, and their daughter Perla)

Below are parts of an article which ran in the USA Today, Married St. Louis deacon to be ordained as priest, 25 February 2014 as always underline are ours.

"In the Middle East, it is normal (for a priest) to be married," Zaidan said Tuesday. "Here, this is the first."

The Maronite church is one of several Eastern Rite churches — including Armenian, Chaldean and some Byzantine Catholics — that recognize the authority of the pope in Rome. Many Maronite Christians in the U.S. trace their lineage to present-day Lebanon and Syria.

Although Roman Catholic priests are not allowed to marry, Catholic priests who married before they were approved for ordination are allowed to remain married. An example: Catholic priests who were converts from the Anglican communion and other Protestant denominations.

"The Vatican was open to it on a case-by-case basis," said Zaidan, and Pope Francis approved Akiki's ordination, which was in the pipeline for about a year.

William Ditewig, executive professor of theology at Santa Clara University in California, said Pope John Paul II opened the door for this possibility decades ago in his encyclical calling for the traditions of the Eastern churches to be respected.

"I'm reluctant to project too much too fast" for the Roman Catholic church and the future of married priests, said Ditewig, who also works for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey. "I think this is interesting and significant, but I don't necessarily think it is earth shattering."...

..."In the United States, the ordination of married men to the priesthood is not just a 'fix' to the priest shortage but rather a re-establishment of an ancient and honored tradition in the Maronite church," Zaidan wrote in this month's Maronite newsletter.

From the Opposing Views article, Pope Francis Allows Married Father To Become A Priest, 28 February 2014.

The Vatican banned this exemption in the U.S. in the 1920s because bishops complained it was too confusing to parishioners. It remained a common practice in the Middle East and Europe...

..."He'll be a wonderful priest," said parishioner Linda Hill, 54. "The fact that he's married will be exciting for the church. It's tradition in the old country. I guess we're finally catching up to the old country."

While the exception doesn’t open the door to non-celibacy for all priests, the move is just one in a string of unprecedented actions taken by Francis.

Last year the pope sparked controversy when he said, “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?"

He has encouraged the Church to think outside the box and be more "open."

“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods...We have to find a new balance; otherwise even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel,” he said in another 2013 interview.

"Instead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open,” he added, “let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent. The ones who quit sometimes do it for reasons that, if properly understood and assessed, can lead to a return. But that takes audacity and courage."

Did you catch all that?

• Francis approved Akiki's ordination, 
• Rev. Akiki recognizes and submits to the authority of Francis as Pope, 
• the soon to be canonized John Paul II had a role in it,
• it is the re-establishment of tradition in the church,
• and having a married priest is exciting!

Last Friday (21 Feb. 2014) Francis gave a sermon to those in attendance at his morning Novus Ordo Missae, including many bishops, "those who fall into casuistry or ideology are Christians who know doctrine but who lack faith. Like the demons,with the difference that the demons tremble, whereas these do not: they live in peace."  This morning in his sermon at the Casa Santa Marta Francis discussed love, marriage, family, and wait for it 'casuistry'. Francis said, casuistry is of the Pharisees and, "is always a trap." Using (casuistry) sound principles to solve thorny moral problems as Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori did according to Francis is wrong.  Is St. Liguori worse than a demon or like a Pharisee?  Casuistry is an essential part of thought when based on principles and established conclusions of moral theology.

Francis wants everything to come from the experience and the feelings associated with it.  This is full blown modernism. (see Pope St. Pius X,  Pascendi Dominici Gregis)  We remind the reader the same great Saint made all clergy, pastors, confessors, preachers, religious superiors, and professors in philosophical-theological seminaries take an Oath Against Modernism.  That is quite different from Francis' attitude towards the modernism he has embraced wholeheartedly with both mind and body.   Casuistry must be too scholastic for Francis! For as Francis recently said, "Studying fundamental theology is one of the most boring things on earth."  This is how the modernists and Francis accomplish their revolution in the Novus Ordo church.  One step forward, two step backwards, always moving, and distracting those who follow them with their latest gaffs.  And they don't forget to slander those who speak the truth as enemies of Our Lord.

for more on married Novus Ordo presider :

• ABC News Married Dad Becomes Maronite Catholic Priest in US
• NY Daily News Married Lebanese-American dad becomes Eastern Catholic priest 
• St Louis Review Maronites ordain married priest
• Press Release Wissam Akiki Ordination
• Rev. Daren J. Zehnle Will the ordination of a married man in St. Louis...

(Married Rev. Wissam Akiki serves daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained.)

(Rev. Wissam Akiki embraces his wife, Manal Kassab, after being ordained.)

Barack Hussein Obama quotes Francis' Evangelii Gaudium

Barack Obama the president of the ever growing parasite which styles itself the federal government of the USA quotes fellow modernist Francis' Evangelii Gaudium paragraph #53. 

How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?

Neither Obama nor Francis can stop their respective parasites (the federal government & the Novus-Ordo church) from consuming their hosts (USA citizens & Novus-Ordo catholics) and ultimately causing the death of both.  As bad as Obama is the harm he does is far less destructive than that of Francis because POTUS only harms one's body not their soul.

Francis is cold caller while Benedict prefers to write

(Benedict taking off his zucchetto acknowledging Francis is in charge.)

“There is absolutely no doubt regarding the validity of my resignation from the Petrine ministry.  The only condition for the validity 

of my resignation is the complete freedom of my decision. 

Speculations regarding its validity are simply absurd.”

- Joseph Ratzinger -

Francis calls people out of the blue while his predecessor prefers to write letters.  Having recently written his friend Hans Kung, Benedict took pen to paper in the Mater Ecclesiae monastery and wrote to Italian reporter Andrea Tornielli the other day. Turns out Benedict wanted to put the kibosh on rumors that his resignation wasn't valid.  Is Resignationism dead?  For more on Resignationism see: Italian Journalist Antonio Socci: Ratzinger Resignation "May Not Be Valid"  Andrea Tornelli writes about this letter from Benedict XVI in an article posted today at La Stampa.

- Links to the full article by Andrea Tornielli -

In Italian, Ratzinger: la mia rinuncia è valida, assurdo fare speculazioni

In English, Ratzinger: “My resignation is valid. Speculations are simply absurd”

In Spanish, Ratzinger: mi renuncia es válida; hacer especulaciones es absurdo

 - Some of the more interesting quotes of the letter -

"I do not return to private life, to a life of travel, meetings, receptions, conferences, and so on. I am not abandoning the cross, but remaining in a new way at the side of the crucified Lord. I no longer bear the power of office for the governance of the Church, but in the service 

of prayer I remain, so to speak, in the enclosure of Saint Peter”

“I continue to wear the white cassock and kept the name Benedict for purely practical reasons. At the moment of my resignation there were no other clothes available. In any case, I wear the white cassock in a visibly different way to how the Pope wears it. This is another 
case of completely unfounded speculations being made.”

“I'm grateful to be bound by a great identity of views and a heartfelt friendship with Pope Francis. Today, I see my last and final job to support his pontificate with prayer."  

- from letter to Hans Küng -

“Professor Küng quoted the content of my letter to 

him word for word and correctly.”
- commenting on Hans Küng's interview -

for more on Hans Kung's interview about the letter Benedict XVI wrote him see :  Francis' Enabler

(Francis & Benedict  XVI, two modernist peas in the same pod.)

Francis to meet Super Pope!

(artist Mauro Pallotta with his Super-Pope)

Let us spray!  It's a bird, it's a plane, Francis is going to meet pop artist, Mauro Pallotta!  Tomorrow, Mauro will be one of the guests at Francis' general audience and will get the chance to talk with him. Mauro excitedly wrote,

"I am honored by this opportunity that has been given to me by the Holy Father. The 'Super-Pope' which I will donate (to Francis) tomorrow is a special version designed especially for him."

Will Francis in an act of spontaneity let Pallotta adorn a Vatican wall with his latest 'graffiti art'?  Stay tuned...

Does Francis have 'Il Calendario Romano' hanging by his desk?

(Il Calendario Romano 2014)

Il Calendario Romano is a calendar composed and sold by Venice based photographer/realtor Piero Pazzi. This is the tenth year he has produced it.  Little is known about the fifty-one year old Pazzi.  He sells over 100,000 copies of the calendar every year.  It retails for 10 € or approximately $14 US and can be found in gift shops surrounding and in the Vatican City State.  This suggests the Vatican has no problem with the image this calendar promotes, a kind of quasi-endorsement.  Of his calendar, Piero Pazzi says, "Yes, the men are good-looking, but it is just a product, a way for people to be better informed about the Vatican.”  The calendar is popular among sodomites from Great Britain and the United States as well as Protestant ministers of Nordic countries.  Mr. Pazzi also does a brisk business selling them at World Youth Days.

Il Calendario Romano has its own website, where a casting call for single priests to appear in future editions is advertised, as well as a facebook page.  It has been written of by several Italian newspapers & magazines and in addition Variety, the Huffington Post, National Catholic Reporter, and quite a few sodomite publications which we will leave unnamed.

(photo from Il Calendario Romano)

(photo from Il Calendario Romano)

(Il Calendario Romano for sell)

As can be seen from some of the sample images above, the calendar consists of portraits of priests where the focus is on how handsome they are.  Little is shown about the catholic faith in the photos and like the Novus Ordo Missae it is all centered around man.  Some publications have commented the calendar is 'homoerotic' and others have said the calendar is full of 'Roman beefcakes' & 'hottie clerics'.

The calendar was first published during the reign of John Paul II.  The silence of the Vatican regarding this calendar shows a continuity between the reigns of Benedict XVI and Francis. Andrea Gagliarducci (author) has written about and Archbishop Georg Ganswein (papal secretary) has recently spoken of this continuity.  What is the Vatican II church known for in the past twenty years if not the behavior of notorious homosexual degenerate priests and pedophiles?  By sweeping the scandals caused by the behavior of these clerics under the rug and pretending the victims are at fault, it matters little whether John Paul II, Benedict XVI, or Francis is in charge.    Francis' pro-sodomite public relations firms haven't seen it fit to do anything about the calendar either and the policy of denial remains the same.  They must be following Francis' example.  To quote Francis,

"If a gay person is in eager search of God, who am I to judge them?"

One wonders does Francis have one of these Il Calendario Romano hanging over his desk in the Domus Sanctæ Marthæ?  If not Francis, then does Msgr. Battista Ricca have one on his office wall over at the Vatican Bank?

What role did Venezuela play in Francis' election?

(Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela)

On 13 March 2013, Nicolás Maduro the then acting president of Venezuela gave a little bit of insight into how Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected in the conclave.  Did President Maduro have spies in the conclave?  Or talk to cardinals who were there?  No it gets even better than that...he said the recently deceased (5 March 2013) President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez influenced heaven in the appointment of Jorge Bergoglio as Pope!  At the inauguration of the Tenth International Book Fair Maduro said, 

"we know that our commander (Chavez) has gone to heaven and is face to face with Christ.  He must have made such an impression for a South American to be chosen Pope."

"A new hand arrived and Christ said, 'Well, the time for South America has come.' At any moment now (Chavez) will call for a constituent assembly in Heaven to change the Church, so that the people, the true people of Christ will govern the world."

Unbelievable you might say!  A die-hard communist revolutionary impressed God so much he decided to make the head of the Novus Ordo church a South American.  We fear that Maduro has like Francis been hanging out with too many radicals causing him to begin to think in this outlandish manner.  

(video of Nicolás Maduro discussing how Chavez influenced God in appointing Francis)

(Maduro presenting Francis with portrait of Simon Bolivar)

                                           (Hugo Chavez, the man heaven was so impressed with, visiting                                                 fellow communist Fidel Castro in the hospital 9 February 2005)

How Bergoglio received Mahoney's vote

(Francis & Roger Mahony)

How in the last conclave, did Jorge Mario Bergoglio, end up receiving the vote of Roger 'Taj' Mahony the Phony?  Let Cardinal Mahony the Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles tell the story, from his blog:

When we eventually arrived at the Sistine Chapel on March 12, I was still pondering two or three candidates.  However, when the first blank ballot was given to us, and when it was time to write down a name,something powerful--and strange--happened.

I picked up my pen to write, and I began.  However, my hand was being moved by some greater spiritual force.  The name on the ballot just happened.  I had not yet narrowed my thinking down to one name; but it was done for me.

I wrote it, then trembled deeply.  That's when I knew the Holy Spirit was fully working within the Church of Jesus Christ, and that my role was not to "select" the new Successor to Peter, but to "write down" his name--a name that had been given to me.

The Cardinal who built the monstrosity known as the Taj Mahony (Los Angeles Cathedral), ran a pro-homosexual diocese, and has swept sex case after sex case under the rug for years believes that the ‘Holy Spirit’ was working through him?  It sounds more like devil possessed ‘automatic writing’.  Mahony later tweeted:

“Mass with Pope Francis: moving from HIGH Church to LOW and humble Church!  What a blessing that we are encountering Jesus without trappings!” 

(Mahony & Francis concelebrating the Novus Ordo Missae)

(screenshot of Mahony's blog with Francis vote story)

(screen capture of Mahony's tweet)

Jorge is a Rotarian

Jorge is a honorary Rotarian since 1999.  In the year 2005 he was named Argentina’s Rotarian of the Year.  The official Rotarian website claims their founder, Paul P. Harris, wasn’t a freemason but many of its first members were.  The pin shown in the photo below is from this same website.  Much of the philosophy of the Freemasons and the Rotarians is similar.  

 

 In 1951 the Vatican issued a degree on Rotary groups which stated:

No Roman Catholic priest, decreed the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, may henceforth be a member of Rotary or attend Rotary meetings. Furthermore, laymen, while not forbidden Rotary membership, were exhorted to bear in mind Article 684 of canon law.  Excerpt: "The faithful...must guard against associations which are secret, condemned, seditious, suspect, or which try to escape legitimate church vigilance."

On 14 June 1979 John Paul II addressed at their international convention which was held in Rome, Italy that year and in 2000 the Jubilee Year, he welcomed many Rotarians who were on pilgrimages to the Vatican.  Like his predecessor John Paul II, Jorge isn’t letting a decree stop him from participating in Rotary.

(Photo above is then Cardinal Bergoglio in 2010 with Italian Rotarian Roberto Guia 

as they met to plan a goal of 100,000 new Rotarian orphanages.)

Gifts for the Blessed Virgin Mary

On July 29th, returning from World Youth Day 2013 in Brazil, Jorge went to Santa Maria Maggiore.

After his arrival at Ciampino airport, the Holy Father chose to stop at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major to offer a brief prayer to the Blessed Virgin for World Youth Day.

Seeing the Pope as he entered the Basilica, a group of young people approached him and offered him a T-shirt and a ball. Pope Francis later offered the gifts to the Madonna.

The below video has to be seen to be believed!  Why would anyone put a beach ball and soccer jersey on an altar of God’s?  This behavior certainly shows the priorities of the Novus Ordo and Francis.  Fun and games instead of asking God for mercy.  In the post-Vatican II church the sacrifice on the high altars has ceased!  Brings to mind Cain from Genesis in the Old Testament offering the work of human hands doesn't it?  This time will Cain also murder his brother Abel?

Francis ❤'s balloons

We call it novelty, Francis calls it a new fashion.  Never one to let an opportunity pass him by, Francis once again finds a way to incorporate balloons into the Novus Ordo religion.  While saying the 16 February 2014 Angelus a bunch of balloons was released.  The banner hanging from the balloons (see video screenshot below) reads 'arcobaleno' in Italian, which translates into English as 'rainbow'.  Is this being done in support of world peace or to support special rights for sodomites?  Could it even be with all the rabbis Francis has recently had as guests at the Vatican to support the Talmudic Noahide laws?  To quote Francis, "Who am I to judge?"

(Balloons with streamer which reads 'arcobaleno' or 'rainbow'.)

(Watch at 12:20 as the balloons are released!)

(the flag of the peace movement)

(the flag of special rights for sodomites & other sexual degenerates)

(the flag of the Talmudic Noahide laws)

**** UPDATE **** Jorge gets a doctorate or not?

An UPDATE to Jorge gets a doctorate or not? has been posted with a new source claiming Jorge Bergoglio finished his thesis when in fact he did not.

Francis at the Improv

(Francis with Rev. Michael Rogers, S.J.)

"Studying fundamental theology is one
of the most boring things on earth." 

- Jorge Mario Bergoglio aka Francis -

16 February 2014

Another dandy from the so unbelievable you can't make it up file.  Turns out Francis told this gem to Rev. Michael Rogers, S.J. sometime on 16 Febraury 2014.  Rev. Rogers tweeted this and attached the hash tag #reevaluatinglifechoices (reevaluating life choices) to the message.   A screenshot of the tweet is below or click here to see the tweet.

People on twitter were perplexed when they read the above message.  Some thought it was a joke, others doubted Francis truly said the sentence, some were offended, and many wrote in support of it.  Rev. James Martin, S.J. tweeted on 17 February 2014 that indeed Francis had uttered this to his friend Rev. Rogers. See screenshot below or click here to read on twitter.

Rev. Rogers proceeded to tweet the three following tweets below.  Is Francis' irreverent humor starting to rub off on his fellow Jesuits?  Links to the #1 Tweet, #2 Tweet, and #3 Tweet.

Which finally leads us to the follow up tweet from Rev. Rogers in which he answers Peter Nixon's tweet which stated, "Can't disagree more."  Rogers says, "the Pope was just joking with a fellow Jesuit..."  Read screenshot below or click here to read on twitter.

The supposed Vicar of Christ is making another joke this time about something that is fundamental to saving one's soul.  Is this why Francis seems to know so little about what it takes to save one's soul in the modern world we live in?  This is a matter which we seriously doubt St. Ignatius Loyola would be making light of.

"Do nothing, say nothing before considering if 

that which you are about to say or do is 

pleasing to God, profitable to yourself, 

and edifying to your neighbor."
- St. Ignatius of Loyola -

Francis tips his hand

This past Friday, Francis applied to renew his Argentinian ID card & passport.  We believe Jorge Mario Bergoglio is tipping his hand on how he feels about himself as pontiff of the Novus Ordo religion.  A peek into the psyche of Francis - to quote the well known saying, "actions speak louder than words!"

Below is a English translation of the article, "En el Vaticano, el papa Francisco tramitó el pasaporte y el DNI argentino" from La Nación via Rorate Caeli.  As always the underline are ours.

It is always said that pope Francis remembers his country, Argentina, even though he is now the head of the smallest state in the world. In the Vatican, Jorge Bergoglio renewed his passport and applied for his new DNI [National Identity Document], which will be the only valid one from next year.

The Minister of Interior and Transportation, Florencio Randazzo, informed today that, "pope Francis applied for his new Argentinian DNI and Passport last Friday and will receive it in the next few days in the residence he declared, in the Vatican," according to a communiqué of the office.

"His Holiness spoke to Juan Pablo Cafiero, our ambassador before the Vatican, and informed him that he would like to keep traveling around the world with the Argentinian passport, due to which the procedure was started by way of the digital center we have working in Rome," Randazzo declared.

"Francis expressly asked not to enjoy any privilege, the reason for which both his New DNI and Passport have followed the regular administrative path," the civil servant emphasized. "The Pope went through a procedure as the one all Argentinians follow, in which a digital photograph, his fingerprint and his signature were collected in about 15 minutes; and in the next few days he will be receiving it in Domus Sanctae Marthae, in the Vatican, which he declared as his residence."

"This new gesture of the Pope for our country fills us with pride," Randazzo added, recalling that Bergoglio has had a Vatican passport from the beginning of his pontificate, on March 19 [2013].

Several questions come to mind:

• Why is Francis keeping his Argentinian citizenship current?  
• Is he planning on retiring from the Vatican one day and returning back to Buenos Aires?  
• Is he the sovereign of the Vatican City State or not?  
• Why does he travel on his Argentinian passport and not his Vatican City State passport? 
• What government bureaucrats issue a passport & ID card three days after they were applied for through the regular administrative channels?
• Is Francis filling out and paying Argentinian taxes still?
• Francis' gesture fills Argentinians with pride, isn't pride the worst of the seven deadly sins?
• Why is Francis yet again demeaning the pontifical office he was elected to? 
• Are Francis' heart and mind with God or Argentina?

(the Argentinian passport & ID card of Jorge Mario Bergoglio aka Francis)

Rabbi Ehrenkranz predicts Francis

Was the election of Jorge Borgoglio predicted years before it happened?  Would his election as pontiff benefit any particular group?  In a piece titled, Catholic-Jewish dialogue, the uber-kosher reporter John Allen writes for the National Catholic Reporter on 20 January 2005:

One further proof of the evolution in Jewish-Catholic relations should come in September, when Ehrenkranz plans to take a delegation of rabbis and American Catholic bishops to Auschwitz, and then to Rome for a blessing by both the pope and the chief rabbi of Israel.

The bishops will be led by Cardinal William Keeler of Baltimore, and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee. Plans call for the group to fly from the United States to Rome, then to Krakow, and to take a bus to Auschwitz. They will have a tour followed by a dinner inside the camp, with an open dialogue between the rabbis and bishops.

Afterwards, the group will return to Rome where they will be blessed both by the pope and by the chief rabbi of Israel, who will travel to Rome for the occasion. The Community of Sant'Egidio will host a dinner for the group in Rome.

"One thing I hope to explain is why the Jewish people feel so intensely about Israel," Ehrenkranz said. "For many of us, Auschwitz is what happens if there is no Israel. If you don't have an Israel, you don't have a path out. You can't understand Jewish thinking about Israel without grasping that."

Ehrenkranz, by the way, said he shares Bemporad's concern about what might come after John Paul II. "You're not going to get anybody with his sensitivity. The fear is, whatever you've got done can be undone," he said.

Reacting to the "Latin American hypothesis" for the election of the next pope, Ehrenkranz said that a Latin American would likely mean a pope with less personal experience or interest in dialogue with Judaism.

One exception, however, according to Ehrenkranz, would be Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Jesuit cardinal of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bergoglio was an auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, when 86 people were killed and hundreds more injured in an explosion that destroyed a seven-story building housing the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association and the Delegation of Argentine Jewish Associations.

It was one of the worst anti-Jewish attacks ever in Latin America, and Ehrenkranz said that Bergoglio was "very concerned with what happened … he's got experience."

Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz is the rabbi emeritus at Congregation Agudath Sholom in Stamford, Connecticut, and the long-time executive director of Sacred Heart University’s Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding which he co-founded.  He received his rabbinic training at Yeshiva University.  A long time initiator of inter-religious dialogues between Jews, Muslims, and Christians, in 2010 he was the winner of the prestigious Nostra Aetate Award.  Currently, Rabbi Ehrenkranz is retired and living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Well, Rabbi Ehrenkrauz got his 'Pope', did Catholics get theirs?

Jorge gets a doctorate or not?

**** UPDATED on 19 February 2014 *****

UPDATES IN RED

The media and the Vatican report Jorge has a doctorate in theology from St. George’s in Frankfurt, Germany.  In the book, Pope Francis: Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words, by Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti it is mentioned that Jorge completed his thesis on Romano Guardini.  When St. George’s was contacted for information on his thesis they said Bergoglio had planned on writing a thesis for a doctorate on Romano Guardini but he never completed it.*

Romano Guardini wrote a book, Spirit of the Liturgy, which influenced many members of the ‘Liturgical Movement’ and was president of the Catholic Youth Movement.  According to Karl Rahner, what Guardini did with the liturgy at his youth center was the model for the liturgical reforms of Vatican II.**

* see entry 14.03. Papst Franziskus
** p. 58, The Liturgical Movement by Rev. Fr. Didier Bonneterre, Angelus Press, 2002

(page xxix from the Introduction of Pope Francis: Conversations
 with Jorge Bergoglio: His Life in His Own Words)