Sorry, I don't care about this.
The Holy Father's position involves and has always involved playing a game of "5D Chess" far beyond the comprehension of the laity. That is in many ways the point of his office.
Nothing I saw in this video seems remotely heterodox or wrong. In fact, I've seen Priests bless the waters on the Saint Mary's River, where I formerly served in the Coast Guard aboard an ice-breaking tugboat. Priests, Bishops, and Popes bless all kinds of things, including things as innocuous as water. And indeed, the universal Church must minister to all kinds of souls -- including those who are, validly or not, concerned about climate change.
I am begging laity around the world to stop playing umpire for the Holy Father. This kind of nervous, 24/7 news cycle peanut gallery behavior yields no valuable spiritual fruit, and can even trend in a direction of rebellion. I find it telling that Americans are particularly tempted by this kind of thing -- as it is very often fundamentally Protestant-esque behavior.
And I find myself thinking of the spiritual fortitude of devoted Catholics in the time of Popes like Stephen XI, John XII, Alexander VI, and so on. Times far, far, far worse than ours have existed in the Church -- and countless souls kept the faith anyway, thank God. They humbly submitted themselves without necessarily feeling the need to "monitor the situation" nor to constantly be sowing doubt and criticism or selling cheap "hot takes" to get other laymen riled up.
I fear that the hostile, paranoiac vibe espoused by the anti-Pope-Francis crowd may now be a lasting plague in the Church. The real solution is a kind of unshakable faith in the "long game" -- which is what us Catholics have always been best-suited to. Throwing tantrums until we get a Pope who has the exact, precise aesthetic we personally want is not a valuable strategy for strengthening the Church, nor is it a wise spiritual practice.
God bless Pope Leo!
Watching Catholic X go crazy for two days.
Then I watch the Monastics just pray for the world, engage in the most beautiful liturgy, and not worry about a thing.
Itโs clear who has chosen the better part.
Getting enraged on X about the latest thing is such a futile exercise.