Close papal confidante Father Antonio Spadaro has launched the unusual hypothesis that Jesus Christ needed to be converted from a rigid, nationalistic Judaism to a more inclusive religiosity. Commenting last week on the gospel passage narrating the healing of the daughter of a Canaanite woman (Matt. 15:20-28), Jesuit Father Spadaro said that initially “Jesus does not care” about … Continue reading Papal Adviser: Jesus Needed Conversion from ‘Rigidity,’ ‘Nationalism’