Pope's Top Advisor: Pope Is a Traditional Cath.; Those Saying Pope Is Radical Have "Pure Fantasies"

 Pope Francis'new top theological advisor has attempted to reassure voices in the U.S. and elsewhere who have questioned his adherence to Catholic teaching and tradition, vowing that he is not a "Soros spy infiltrated in the Church," the Crux website reports today (July 7, 2023).

"I am not a Freemason, nor an ally

 of the New World Order, nor a Soros spy infiltrated in the Church." 

"Those are pure fantasies," said Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez, an Argentine theologian tapped by the pontiff July 1 as the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, traditionally the Vatican's doctrinal watchdog agency.