Which Elephant?

I am now imagining what would happen if the Evil Clown were to, say, officially declare Consubstantiation the official truth of the church, with “no other interpretation”. Say, with a letter to a Protestant leader published in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis.

Some would say that this is a publicly stated private opinion, and therefore does not really matter.

Others would state that Francis must be somewhat right, because there must be something that has been divinely revealed to Francis alone.

Some more still would say that Francis does not want to undermine the doctrine about Transubstatiation, but merely offer a pastoral interpretation of it.

Some others would say that the Sweet Peter on Earth is being badly advised by “the wolves”, profiting from his kindness of heart. He, himself, must be free of blame.

More still would say that the Pope was, really, talking off the cuff, though due to his advanced age he forgot to let us know.

We would be treated to “ten things to know and share”, at the end of which we would discover that everything is fine but the Pope should work on his syntaxis.

All the above would, obviously, call themselves “Conservatives”.

M

Cardinal Burke would give interview #327, stating that the end must be very, very near now; and doing, as always, nothing.