influence may be on the wane or even that Francis is really any different than Benedict. Some think, as Elizabeth Scalia explained in the conservative journal First Things, that Francis may be manipulating journalists in order to insinuate traditional Catholic teaching into mainstream press reports.
Date: Aug 10, 2013
Category: World
Source: Google
Terry Mattingly: Twitter, Pope Benedict XVI and what comes next
If he did, this blast from cyberspace must have been a shock, noted Elizabeth Scalia, a conservative Catholic blogger known as The Anchoress. While some might consider the thought absurd, she also wondered if the popes exposure to online life added a digital last straw to his already-heavy burden