Vatican expert Sandro Magister, on his Chiesa website May 19, allowed Fr. Giovanni Scalese, former professor of philosophy and rector at the Collegio alla Querce in Florence to explain Pope Francis thinking in the article " The four postulates of Pope Francis ." Magister's overviews of it says: "Scalese observes among other things that by virtue of these historicist, Hegelian-tinged postulates, Pope Francis continuously argues against the abstractness of “doctrine,” contrasting it with a “reality” to which one must adapt. As if forgetting that reality, if it is not illuminated, guided, ordered by a doctrine, 'risks turning into chaos.'” The article by former professor of philosophy says the postulates of Pope Francis’ thought are: "- time is greater than space; - unity prevails over conflict - realities are more important than ideas - the whole is greater than the part. "In 'Evangelii Gaudium' 221, Francis calls them “princip...