He papa Francisco He knew how to interpret the moment in which he had to play his pontificate. I knew what I wanted to communicate and how to do it.
I want my sincere regret to go ahead for his death. I am convinced of the mood that awakened in him to open a new time in the Catholic Church after the resignation of Benedict XVI before the Impotence for the numerous cases of pedophilia and financial scandals. There is also unquestionable the effort to humanize and bring the institution closer, the words that Javier Cercas collected with mastery resonates in me: “You have to go to the periphery if you want to see the world as it is.”
He handled communication with skill, turning his headlines into the message and his objectives in success. That won the admiration and sympathy of those who feel in the antipodes of the Catholic dogma. It is not accidental therefore The media and political dispute in which we are wanting to place your legacy to the left or the right of today’s society. A left that says (in figurative is understood) so that his successor maintains the legacy and the path he undertook, and a right that claims a radical change within the church that returns to times fortunately overcome.
In the midst of this mess, I firmly believe that it has been a good pontiff, who within the solemnity and boato of the institution has managed to convey image of closeness and commitment to certain social issues. The image of Sor Genoveva at the foot of his coffin carrying his backpack on that corvo body and aged in his delivery to the current unprotected of our society, again that “social periphery” forgotten.
I am a believer and perhaps that forces me to try to be critical in my analysis and leads me to yearn for greater determination in issues where I consider that our forcefulness must be greater. No one can deny and stop deeply grateful ask forgiveness for cases of sexual abuse of minors Inside the Church, but we had to be more belligerent. We must recognize Pope Francis for his will and commitment in the incorporation and appointment of women in positions of responsibility in the Vatican, although I consider that the advances there were too shy and an example is to be parked the female diaconate despite the work of the Labor Commission.
He vehemently defended the fight against gender violence, the dignity of immigrants, peace between peoples and the reality of climate change in our lives. That is why I think that having asked for a true revolution, opening windows to a new world that contemplates us was excessive. After all, it was the Pope, The high pontiff that should change the course to the only institution with more than two millennia behind him. I still have hope. Perhaps their steps, their legacy and their appointments are aimed at that new stage. And it takes me to thank you, always thanks.
