"Papa Ambiguo" -- impossible to beat that name! No wonder St. Malachy suspended his prophecy at "Gloria Olivae."
"Papa Ambiguus" would have been too depressing even for a 12th century Irish saint.
For a dozen years the best apologia anyone could ever make for Francis' pontifications was, "it's _eloquent_ ambiguity!" And you're so right, somehow or other these statements were not at all ambiguous for the media and the audience of initiates.
"Papa Ambiguo" -- impossible to beat that name! No wonder St. Malachy suspended his prophecy at "Gloria Olivae."
"Papa Ambiguus" would have been too depressing even for a 12th century Irish saint.
For a dozen years the best apologia anyone could ever make for Francis' pontifications was, "it's _eloquent_ ambiguity!" And you're so right, somehow or other these statements were not at all ambiguous for the media and the audience of initiates.