Pope Francis' 2nd Anniversary, Part 1 | National Catholic Reporter

Pope Francis' 2nd Anniversary, Part 1 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Is Pope Francis self-conciously revolutionary?  It seems so, considering his message has not changed since 1980.  What he was for was no secret and he has been effective in making sure he is not alone - and that he is not entirely separated from his predecessors, especially Benedict (no so sure about St. John Paul - whom he canonized with St. John XXIII to send a message).  The point of revolution, which he knows well, is to bring a team with you - as he is doing in Chicago and San Diego and presumably across the planet (Boston is already sewn up).  It is not a Francis revolution, it is a revolution of like minded priests and bishops who all say the same kind of homilies. All of these homilies are simply about the Gospel.  Those of us who love the Spirit of Vatican are saying that it is about time.  Hopefully he will let some of those Spirit of Vatican II priests who left to get married back in.  Most are older now, but I expect that there are some who would do so. See, all really good revolutions are also conspiracies.  For a long time St. John Paul had a network of people like Cardinal Rigali - who like the network of Pius X, used informants to keep priests in line.  This is the counter revolution to such madness.