Monday, October 14, 2019

No Mercy For Bergoglio's Bodyguard

When one reads the paragraphs quoted below [1], does one really believe that the resignation was not coerced but voluntary?

Pope Francis' chief bodyguard has resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five Holy See employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation.

The Vatican said Monday that Vatican police chief Domenico Giani bore no responsibility for the leaked flyer but resigned so as not to disrupt the investigation and "out of love for the church and faithfulness" to the pope.

Perhaps the truth is hidden in two of the final paragraphs of another article dated October 14, 2019, quoted below [2]:

Francis met with Giani in recent days and thanked him for his service, professionalism and willingness to step aside as "an expression of freedom and institutional sensitivity," the Vatican said.

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Giani said he was leaving at a difficult time, but was looking forward to spending more time with his wife and two children.

Giani is now without a job and salary.  He needs both to support himself and his loved ones.  Perhaps he can take comfort in these words of his former boss from an article dated July 14, 2019 [3]:

“Mercy towards a human life in a state of need is the true face of love” Pope Francis said, explaining that it is by loving the other that one  becomes a true disciple of Jesus and that the face of the Father is revealed.

Was "the face of the Father" being revealed to Giani when Bergoglio "thanked him for his service..."?  Many would probably be curious to see a photograph of that face.  Perhaps it would be similar to the photograph that appeared in one of the articles quoted above [4].  Is that the universal face of kindness, mercy and love?  Or, it is more like the image below?

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[1] https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/popes-bodyguard-resigns-over-new-financial-leaks-scandal/ar-AAILsDx
[2] https://www.yahoo.com/news/popes-bodyguard-resigns-over-financial-132403706.html
[3] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2019-07/pope-angelus-catechesis-good-samaritan-mercy.html
[4] https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/popes-bodyguard-resigns-over-new-financial-leaks-scandal/ar-AAILsDx


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