You need to read this

•  Chris Jackson is on fire.  I've been enjoying his crisp, unflinching writing and I've learned from reading his substack.  On October 11, Pope Leo gave a public address lavishly praising the late Fr. Lorenzo Milani. In June, 2017 Pope Francis visited Fr. Milani's grave and called him a role model for priests. Who was Fr. Milani? Chris Jackson answers that question and it's really bad.  If you read up on Fr. Milani, I suggest that you have an Alka Seltzer packet near by and remove any children who might be reading over your shoulder from the room.  I don't think I can be shocked by anything Vatican related anymore but I certainly can be disgusted and I definitely was when I read the quotes from Fr. Milani's letters. 
  
  In recent days I have  read people's defenses of Pope Leo saying that since Milani has been dead for 58 years, Leo didn't know about his private life and was praising his public ministry. Phooey! When my bosses go out to make speeches they have me do research and send them a thorough background report on their  topic so they don't make fools of themselves. You can't tell me there was not even  ONE librarian in the entire Vatican who could have looked up Fr. Milani's putrid writings and sent a bunch of PDF attachments to Leo's assistant. Either the Vatican research staff is incompetent and failed to  let Leo IV,  know that he'd be praising a vicious minded, nasty old communist who longed to prey on boys or that part of history was ignored by the very personage who gave the public address. The people who are still making excuses  will probably be the same ones making pitiful  excuses five years from now.