The Portal - UK edition April 2014 | Page 20

THE P RTAL April 2014 Page 12 Dogmatic consistency by Geoffrey Kirk You know what Anglo-catholics are like: they all have several reasons for not joining the Ordinariate and are reluctant to tell you any of them. They routinely assume – have you noticed this? – that you are somewhat to the right of Opus Dei, and that in consequence you are embarrassed by Pope Francis. ‘How are you getting on with your Pope Francis?’ one of them asked me the other day. My Pope Francis! I forbore to point out that the Po