Liberal Populism of Pope Francis and the Split of the Christian World

Abstract

In the article analyzed the withstandings between liberals and traditionalists within Catholic Church, the opposition to pope Francis. The problems of ecology, family values, the attitude to migrants, to the national identity and liberal political correctness discussed in church circles as well as in secular political life, during the election companies in USA and Europe on various levels. The author made a conclusion that the activity of pope Francis will not lead to the serious split in the Catholic Church because instead of liberals in the Church traditionalists are very differentiated. They have many differences and reasons in their critics of pope Francis: one conservatives criticize pope foe the diffusion of family values, another for the impropriate forms of mission, some think that pope is globalist standing against national identity.

Keywords

• migration
• interreligious dialogue
• christianity
• protestantism
• orthodoxy
• catholicism
• church-state relations