'Popular Movements': Francis' Love Affair Is Over

The 'popular movements' [= splinter groups of some Caviar Socialists] are making a comeback in the Vatican, but Francis no longer loves them, writes Diaconos.be (17 September).
On Friday 20 September, the 'popular movements' will hold a symposium in the Vatican 'to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their first meeting with Francis'.
Strangely, Francis will not be present. Only a message from Cardinal Czerny will be read. The symposium does not even appear in the list of events published by the Vatican press office.
This downgrading is surprising when compared with Francis' previous enthusiasm for these meetings.
The first took place exactly ten years ago in Rome, in October 2014. The second was in Bolivia in July 2015. The third, again in Rome, in November 2016.
In all three, Francis gave endless speeches, up to thirty pages each, proclaiming a kind of political manifesto.
The main organiser was and is Juan Grabois, 41, the son of a Peronist apparatchik (pictured). Since 2005 he has been …More