ROME — Pope Francis made his TikTok debut on Sunday to promote a new autobiography he wrote for Italian journalists Carlo Musso and Mondadori.
“I would like to thank Mr. Carlo Musso for patiently helping me remember so many things about my life,” the Pope said. said On Chinese social media platforms controversial regarding his book Hope: Autobiography.
“This is an autobiography, but for me an autobiography is about thanking God for what he has done in my life,” he said from his study in the Vatican's Villa Santa Marta. “At the end of the day, the real hero is the Lord who took my hand and led me forward.”
On Sunday evening, the Pope appeared Italy's number one TV talk show Che Tempo Che Fa (“What Weather We're Have”), in which he also talked about his autobiography with host Fabio Fazio.
The book “tells me about the kind of person I am,” Francis said.
the pope suffered criticism He drew criticism from conservatives for doubling down on his decision to ban the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) in Catholic parishes in his autobiography, particularly for lamenting its appeal to “younger generations.”
The “rigor” of those who prefer the traditional Latin Mass is “often accompanied by elegant and expensive tailoring, lace, rich trimmings, and rochetes. Rather than a preference for tradition, it is clerical vanity and , it is nothing other than the Church's version of individualism,'' the Pope declared.
“These ways of dressing can hide mental imbalances, emotional deviations, and behavioral difficulties,” he continues.
“It is not a return to the sacred, but quite the opposite, a return to sectarian secularity,” he added.
As a review noticedthe Pope has come close to “conflating a love of the Old Mass with sexual psychopathy” and “equating liturgical conservatism with femininity.”
The Pope's de facto ban on TLM was also harshly criticized by a number of Catholic prelates, including former Vatican Director of the Doctrine of the Faith Cardinal Gerhard Müller, Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong, and Cardinal Raymond Burke. Former Chief Justice of the Vatican Supreme Court.
Cardinal Müller criticized Pope Francis' harsh crackdown on the TLM while absolving progressives of rejecting the faith's central tenets.
Pope Francis has “significantly restricted” the celebration of the Latin Mass with the clear intention of “driving the special form into extinction in the long term,” Muller said.
By punishing conservative fringe groups, Francis “ignores the religious feelings of (many young) people who attend Mass according to the Missal of John XXIII” and does not have “the slightest sympathy” he writes.
“Rather than evaluating the sheep's scent, the shepherds here beat the sheep hard with sheep language,” Müller declared, alluding to one of Francisco's favorite sayings.
Similarly, Cardinal Joseph Zen, former Bishop of Hong Kong, claimed that It said the measures were unduly harsh and hurt “the hearts of many good people.”
The Pope's attack on TLM “reflects the Pope's death wish,” Zen declared, saying that “the very existence of parallel rituals is considered evil.” [traditional] group. ”
Cardinal Burke announced: essay He deplored the Pope's attacks on conservative Catholics.
Those who cling to the traditional Latin Mass are “deeply disappointed in the severity of the discipline” imposed by Pope Francis in his letter, and that “the strictness of the discipline used to describe them, their attitudes, and their actions is “I am offended by the words used,” Burke wrote.
“Given the severity of the document, it is clear that Pope Francis issued it to address what he perceives to be a grave evil that threatens the unity of the Church,” Burke said. he said.
The Pope's message to “devout believers with a deep appreciation and attachment” to the traditional Latin Mass is that “they suffer from deviations that may be tolerated for a time, but which must ultimately be eradicated.” Mr. Burke declared.
