Two Popes, Two Agendas. For Benedict the Priority Is God, for Francis Man
… the eclipsing of that “overriding priority” which for his predecessor Benedict XVI is the “overriding priority”
… the pope had written in his March 10, 2009 letter to the bishops – “of making God present in this world
… of the God who was born in Bethlehem there is only the slightest trace in Francis’s latest encyclical, “Brothers all”
… the complete silence on God in the video message
… the watchwords are wholly and solely secular
… “a pact to change the current economy”
… the Ford Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, Mastercard, Bank of America, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the like
… Benedict XVI … “put God first, not take him for granted” [ Notes ]