From La Croix:
Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has launched the latest salvo of harsh criticism against Pope Francis in a book-length interview with an Italian journalist.In Buona Fede. La religione nel XXI secolo (“In Good Faith: Religion in the 21st Century”) appeared on bookshelves in Italy on January 27. Within its 224 page, the 75-year-old German cardinal recounts to Franca Giansoldati of the Rome-based daily Il Messeggero his vision of the Church, while clearly distancing himself from the Jesuit pope whom he sharply criticizes for his governance. Müller also accuses the 86-year-old Francis of being influenced by the wrong people.”There is a kind of magic circle that gravitates around Santa Marta, composed of people who, in my opinion, are not prepared theologically,” the cardinal claims. He also criticizes the pope for giving a “privileged status” to his friends when they are attacked for sexual abuse, as with the Argentine Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta.