The Church is not going in the direction I want it to go in.”This is actually dialogue from the Sky TV series The Young Pope, starring Jude Law as Pope Pius XIII. But it could be something a Vatican correspondent might overhear any day in exchanges between Pope Francis and one of his advisers in the Casa Santa Martha, where the 81-year-old Argentine resides. Many Catholics find the idea of sustained and planned internal Vatican opposition to a Pope difficult to comprehend. Pope Francis poses for a photo with a group of priests at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. At the weekend, however, Pope Francis made a move that signals a new determination to enforce a “zero tolerance” policy.

Source: Irish Examiner February 20, 2019 18:45 UTC