The Right Ideology

Cardinal Sarah (NPR/Getty)

The usual critics of the Catholic Church are silent about Pope Francis' removal of an African cardinal who has been touted as a candidate for the Papacy:

In accepting Cardinal [Robert] Sarah’s resignation, the pope has removed a subordinate out of step with his approach to liturgy, homosexuality and relations with the Muslim world. The cardinal is a hero to many conservative Catholics, some of whom see him as a future pontiff. He will still be able to vote in a conclave to elect a pope until he turns 80...

Pope Francis had signaled a new openness to gay people, played down teachings on sexual and medical ethics and made high-profile overtures to Muslim leaders. But Cardinal Sarah told a Vatican meeting of bishops on family issues in 2015 that the modern family faced “two unexpected threats, almost like two apocalyptic beasts, located on opposite poles: on the one hand, the idolatry of Western freedom; on the other, Islamic fundamentalism.”

“What Nazi-fascism and communism were in the 20th century, Western homosexual and abortion ideologies and Islamic fanaticism are today,” he said.

A Black man has been forced to resign for his outspokenness--on Black History Month, no less--but it's not racist if the Boss has the right ideology.

Note: Cardinal Sarah's last name is that of one of the few prominent women in the Bible, but woke observers, who are known for their hyper-sensitivity to any sign of racism or sexism, have been strangely silent.