Chapter 943 The Silence of the Lambs

There was a young man who was walking in the woods while whistling.

Suddenly he found a small church. The church was very dilapidated and the walls had basically collapsed.

He entered the church, where the crucifix still stood where the altar had once been.

The young man felt that he was suddenly fascinated by it.

The crucifix said to him: "Please repair my church."

The young man was a man of action, so he went to the quarry on the mountain to cut stones, transported them down the mountain, and began to repair the collapsed wall.

No matter how long any journey is, it has a starting point. No matter how glorious it is, it may start from a coincidence.

So when you feel lost, don't worry, God will not give up on you.

We will have a lot of troubles in our lives. It is unfair to throw all our troubles to Our Lady. Who else can pray for us?

"It's really strange, isn't it?" Just as Bergoglio's memory still lingered on the last time he preached in the slums of Buenos Aires, Italian reformist Cardinal Martini walked up to him and said

"We are actually coming together while the Pope is alive."

Bergoglio looked up at the bronze baldachin of St. Peter's Basilica. Behind it was the sculpture of St. Peter's chair. The light on the sculpture passed through the baldachin, making it look like the door to heaven.

"What hymn were you playing just now?" Martini asked next.

"Prom Queen," Bergoglio said.

Martini was stunned.

"Abba Band." The cardinal from South America said again.

"That's a Swedish rock band." Cardinal An Linze, who came from Africa, approached the Italian bishop and said.

"Don't brag in front of Ratzinger, look." Martini looked at the Cardinal who was shaking hands with everyone not far away and said, "He has always been regarded as the natural successor of John Paul II, but we

The churches are very beautiful and empty, this is Europe, maybe it would be better to choose someone who is not European.”

"I heard from the media that this election is a showdown between you and Ratzinger," Bishop An Linze said.

"The ashes accumulated on the church are very thick. Someone with more strength needs to blow it away. Do you want to blow it away?" Bishop Martini looked at Bergoglio and asked An Linze, who shook his head firmly.

"Reform requires politicians," Bergoglio said.

"The most important quality of any leader is not wanting to be a leader." An Linze whispered, "Give power to people who don't want it."

"No, please don't do this."

"Don't tell me, it was Plato who said this." An Linze looked at Ratzinger and said, "We are losing the support of the people, and the church needs real reform."

"So, it can't be Ratzinger. He really wants to be the pope."

Among the group of white-haired and wrinkled bishops, the appearance of a young man was particularly eye-catching.

"I won't sell products just to win over people's hearts," Bergoglio said. "What we want is belief, not commodities."

Neither bishop spoke.

"There are too many miracles." Bergoglio shook his head and said, "We can no longer use mysticism to make people return to faith. Jesus did not survive after being crucified on the cross. He set an example for the world. In that position of authority,

Having to suffer and die is not a pleasant job like being a star."

"Young people are always full of enthusiasm, like fire under ashes." Martini also looked at the young priest and said, "I heard that an interesting thing happened last night. An exorcist was in the Sistine."

I slept in the chapel, saying I wanted to get revelation."

Bergoglio looked clearly displeased.

"Don't you believe there are devils in this world?" An Linze asked.

Bergoglio did not answer him immediately.

His memory drifted back to many years ago, when he was as young as Joseph and his hair was not as thin as it is now and was still dark.

On March 24, 1976, a military coup occurred in Argentina. The president was ousted and the military ruling council took over the power.

At that time, the young man who accidentally discovered the church in the forest, Bergoglio became the leader of the Jesuit priests in Argentina.

Everyone became a suspect, soldiers took to the streets with guns and arrested anyone they thought was suspicious, and anyone who disagreed with the new government disappeared.

There was a woman named Esther, an old friend of Bergoglio's, whose daughter was also arrested. Esther, like thousands of families, didn't know where their children were.

The military government claimed to be a Catholic government, so many priests were seen as supporters of the armed resistance, but in fact the new government killed and persecuted many Catholics, and ordinary civilians were also assassinating priests.

The only thing Bergoglio can do is keep his staff safe.

He wanted to reach a compromise with the new government through negotiations, and to achieve this goal, he "processed" a lot of books to prove that he was in their camp.

He gained trust and learned that the arrest of Esther's daughter was related to Esther.

She collected too many books and pamphlets that should not be collected, which were not conducive to the rule of the new government, including "Psychological Analysis".

Jung once said that many people are rejecting the extraordinary insights offered by psychoanalysis in order to benefit their own moral development.

It is also regrettable that many people ignore psychoanalysis and blind themselves to the depth and beauty of the soul.

But these are not as good as some irresponsible people who use psychoanalysis for the purpose of deception.

The Argentine military government borrowed US$40 billion in foreign debt and only built half of the highway. In 1982, in order to divert the attention of the country, Galtieri, the third military president, took advantage of the patriotic enthusiasm of the Argentines and took the risk of sending troops to recapture the Malvinas Islands, but failed miserably.

Under the British Expeditionary Force, which received logistical support from the United States.

At this time, the Argentinians realized what had happened, but before that day came, people continued to "disappear". Later, investigation revealed that many "prisoners" were packed in sacks and thrown into the swamp from the plane.

Este asked Bergoglio, "How long will you keep silent?"

He couldn't answer her question.

Bergoglio is just an unarmed priest, what is he going to do against the armed police?

He told her "If I told her, I wouldn't be able to help everyone."

Esther said "No, if you tell me, will you become a warrior like us, or would you rather be a guest in the admiral's mansion?"

Among the twelve disciples of Jesus was Matthew the tax collector. At that time, Israel was occupied by the Romans as a colony. However, the Jews were smart and the Romans could not collect taxes from them. In order to deal with the Jews, the Romans found some Jews and made them tax collectors.

, extracting people’s hard-earned money.

Matthew was a Jewish tax collector living in Capernaum. His profession could be said to be despised by the Jews because he worked for the Romans.

Both the guerrillas and the military government have received support from the people. On the contrary, the Catholic Church has been criticized by most newspapers, articles, and scholars - why does the church do nothing?

Although the Church claimed that it was trying to help, many people still did not accept their presence, because many believers issued official statements of the Church on their own in support of the "dirty war." Even the new government used the Catholic hierarchy to deploy Catholic discourse against

His own defense of violence allows the church to remain silent in the face of violence.

The problem is that Bergoglio did not really "silence". He warned others that they were being watched by the "golden angel of death". He tried to protect the Jesuits, but in the eyes of others, he was a "tax collector"

Matthew".

Others were not afraid of death, they were willing to be martyrs, even if he ordered those religious to return to the seminary with a higher priestly rank than them.

Those people persisted in resisting the military government, and they lost the right to say mass and the protection of the Jesuits. In the end, they also "disappeared."

Bergoglio rubbed his wet eyes. The person who usually celebrated mass was John Paul II. He also experienced the war in Poland in 1940.

To young people, it's just history, but to old guys like them, it's just memory.

God may have the miraculous ability to forget the mistakes made by people, but God can forget, but He will not forget.

The church needs reform, but he is the least qualified person in the world to be the pope.

"Yes, I believe in the devil," Bergoglio said when the other two thought he would not answer.

It's a pity that I didn't do well enough.

The aging young man said in his heart that because his ability was really limited, he could only use bricks to repair an abandoned church, not all churches.

Harry took the Sorcerer's Stone but didn't use it. The treasure had to be kept by someone who didn't use it. There was also a double agent named Snape.
Chapter completed!