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The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy
- Letto da: Chris Abell
- Durata: 5 ore e 35 min
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Marcantonio Colonna's The Dictator Pope has rocked Rome and the entire Catholic Church with its portrait of an authoritarian, manipulative, and politically partisan pontiff.
Occupying a privileged perch in Rome during the tumultuous first years of Francis' pontificate, Colonna was privy to the shock, dismay, and even panic that the reckless new pope engendered in the Church's most loyal and judicious leaders.
The Dictator Pope discloses that Father Mario Bergoglio (the future Pope Francis) was so unsuited for ecclesiastical leadership that the head of his own Jesuit order tried to prevent his appointment as a bishop in Argentina. Behind the benign smile of the "People's Pope" Colonna reveals a ruthless autocrat aggressively asserting the powers of the papacy in pursuit of a radical agenda.
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- Gudrun
- 11/05/2018
Very interesting
At first I was worried that this would be scandalous or sensational, but it was not. I am a Catholic and found it to be insightful and a perspective I am not able to get otherwise. It does not surprise me that the position of pope is one that is steeped in politics. The writing is clear and concise, as is the narration.
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- Nino Correa
- 06/03/2021
The Demonic Pope might have been a more suitable title
This is not a balanced analysis of Pope Francis’ pontificate but a one-sided diatribe. In the saga, everyone who supports the Pope is corrupt and duplicitous, whereas everyone on the other side of the fence is well-meaning and honest. There are very few instances of hard evidence in his accusations, most of which appear in the form of hearsay, it is thought, rumours, etc. Worst of all, little effort is put on explaining the ‘evil’ motivation for their actions as expressed by their would be perpetrators themselves. The final picture is black and white, and I’m old enough to know that such simplicity rarely occurs in the workings of the church. The author, obviously a conservative traditionalist, detests Francis. His narrative is thus imbued with this hatred from beginning to end. Whereas he constantly makes reference to core Catholic values (such as the sacredness of marriage, the perversion of homosexuality or the tabu on contraception), he himself majes little use of a much higher virtue: compassion.
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- Birney Bull
- 20/06/2018
Sad, but it makes the pieces fit together
The premise of this book --- that Pope Francis is, behind the scenes, a petty, South American-style dictator --- seems implausible, maybe even ridiculous, at first blush. Pope Francis? The jolly, smiling, waving, baby-kissing, poor-loving, man-of-the-people, media darling? It can't be! And yet, the evidence it presents, from inside the Vatican, is overwhelming. So many observers of this pontificate (several with impeccable credentials, even "insider" Catholic ones) have tried to stitch together a grand "theme" that animates it, or him, so they can then critique it, and him, as such. Sadly, there really isn't any such grand "theme." The only coherent, internally consistent "theme" to it is plain political pursuit, and retention, of power (and by "political" there, I mean primarily of the personal sort, the temptation to which is ever-present in the Church hierarchy, but also of the mundane governmental sort as well).
As an audiobook, it is excellent, and highly recommend for those interested. As a commentary on the state of the modern Catholic Church? Depressing. But for me, it at least "solves" the puzzle that the Francis pontificate has been.
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- Maureen E. Saretsky
- 24/05/2018
Riveting true story
This book is extremely well written, well presented, and I will listen to it again as it is written with no extra words and contains an incredible amount of information.
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- Barbara Martin
- 23/09/2018
Narrator kept pronouncing "prelate" to rhyme with
"free-plate" instead of the standard American "yell-it" and it set my teeth on edge each time so I bailed about 40 minutes in. It's just me, I know. :( I'll return this and read a hard copy instead.
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- sranine
- 20/03/2021
Just angry at gays & abortion
This book is mainly angry at the liberal/progressive shift, and in particular gays and abortion.
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- R.
- 23/04/2019
Narration minimum standard is correct pronunciation.
In a book about Roman Catholic hierarchy, correct pronunciation of the word “prelate” would seem required. Sadly, it is mispronounced throughout.
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- David
- 22/03/2019
interesting information, wrong conclusions
I think that the book has great information. I believe that the interpretation that Francis is the master pulling the strings is inconsistent with the skill-set Francis has demonstrated. It is Pietro Parolin, who is more likely to be playing things, he is far more cunning. I also don't buy the Hillary Clinton election thing - a 1.2 billion campaign didn't need the help of the the Vatican. I wonder if the information was actually planted by someone trying to tie Francis-skepticism to right-wing American politics. you can't trust all informants. Of course, I have the benefit of more events than the author had at the time, but Parolin's supremacy is demonstrated in how, he, and not Angelo Becciu survived the past year.
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- Christopher P.
- 02/09/2018
Fantastic!
A must-read for any serious Catholic. Can not recommend it enough. Cut through the spin and find the truth with Dictator Pope!
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- Amazon Customer
- 17/12/2021
Trash
Start your own church if you wanna leave so bad. You always had the option
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- Henry Iles
- 04/07/2022
Reactionary rant
This book is masquerading as a scholarly text, when in fact it is an ugly and relentless attack on Pope Francis. Author Marcantonio Colonna (Henry Sire) is an opponent of Vatican II, ordinary mass and a supporter of the most extreme reactionary wings of the a Catholic Church.
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- Anthony Wood
- 11/10/2018
Insightful
Well researched and supported exposé of the Pope's background and how it is influencing his papacy.
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- Who Me?
- 13/08/2018
Facinating
A very stimulating listen that enlightens and fires the mind - very good- I await more
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- Lorcán Ó Cinnéide / Lorcan Kennedy
- 01/10/2022
A vile and malicious rant
This book is a Trumpian piece of character assassination by an embittered ultra rightist, with far too much time on his hands. Reprehensible and twisted. I regret the time spent listening.
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- Tone
- 19/05/2023
Franco the globalists woke capture of the church
Many catholics knew something was wrong with this pope from the start.
Now the feelings are being realised.
Francis was chosen and placed by globalists trying to destroy the Catholic church because it's so large and powerful they need it gone for the NWO plans of marxist feudalism to take effect.
Obama & Soros were behind the choice of Francis a known Marxist jesuit.
Benedict was usurped and the truth is coming out by Bishops in the Vatican and in Rome.
Francis endorses Biden and Fake catholics in America who support abortion and other heresies.
He should have excommunicated these people. Instead he promotes liberal and far left hedonistic lifestyles that ate the antithesis of the Catholic doctrines and the scriptures.
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- Slubberd
- 26/02/2023
Interesting
It has always been an obscure thing that this Pope has appeared fully supportive of certain cultural issues in ways others were not. It seems my RC brothers and sisters are more than aware of this media Pope.
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- Zahrah
- 05/12/2022
Questionable
The author appears to be anti Vatican 2 so the book needs to be read with that in mind . I am all for open dialogue on church scandals , sexual abuse , corruption, at the same time any correlation between predatory Behavior and homosexuality is wrong ! It’s questionable to criticise a pope for being political when many popes have been and one only has to look at the involvement / interference of the Catholic Church in the running of and political life of Ireland ! Think the author needs to read In Gods name by David Yallop etc . The church is run like a large profitable company , so political interference is nothing new .
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- alan rhodes
- 18/11/2022
In one respect I was not surprised
But looking at the full aspect I find it disgusting and can understand why both my children are atheists . Why trust such people that are supposed to look after and protect all people rather than use their positions to obtain possessions. Power and political status ( Shame in this e that do these things
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- Joe Mc Public
- 07/09/2022
Well worth the read/listen
Explains a lot on what makes Pope Francis tick.
The narration was very good.
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- Linda T
- 29/04/2022
Pope
What’s to say apart from just plain corrupt. The quicker this one goes the better. Should have been sacked a long time ago.
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