Father Radcliffe’s Synod Comments on Africa Echo Cardinal Kasper

What is it with European progressives insulting Africans? The recent offensive comments of Father Timothy Radcliffe were not the first such incident.


(Father Raymond J. de Souza/National Catholic Register) — Father Timothy Radcliffe’s suggestion of foreign influence on African bishops during the Synod recall Cardinal Kasper’s contentious statements from a decade ago.

Just in time for the New York Yankees’ return to the World Series, the spirit of Yogi Berra is evident in Rome: It’s déjà vu all over again. A northern European cardinal is disparaging African bishops and then distancing himself from his own remarks.

In 2014 it was Cardinal Walter Kasper. Ten years later, it is Cardinal-elect Timothy Radcliffe.

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