Sire, the author of “The Dictator Pope,” one of several new books by conservative Catholics that criticize Francis’ effect on the church. “It is an example of the way critics are persecuted under Pope Francis,” Mr. Sire said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBut he said that the cardinals, not Pope Francis, were generating confusion in the church. Francis appears to be winning the battle with his conservative critics, said Joshua J. McElwee, a Vatican correspondent with the National Catholic Reporter and co-editor of “A Pope Francis Lexicon,” a collection of essays about Pope Francis. But whereas Pope Francis sees migrants — from Myanmar to Milan — as the primary victims of globalization and unrest, the nationalists on both sides of the Atlantic see them as a hostile, unsettling force.

Source: New York Times April 28, 2018 17:07 UTC