Why donâ??t Protestants have a leader as engaging, quotable and winsome as Pope Francis? Iâ??m jealous. One might disagree with some statements from this venerable leader; he even vexes some in his own church. Frequently some Catholic is parsing the Pope, explaining how he is actually liberal, conservative, a reformer, his words were taken out of context, etc.
#Through it all Pope Francis remains appealing, attractive and quotable, whether the subject is spanking a child (non-parents usually know better than to offer advice on child-raising), releasing prisoners from Guantanamo (heâ??s in favor of it), pets going to heaven (he thinks it is likely), the churchâ??s need to be more welcoming to gay and lesbian persons, how his clergy are seduced by career advancement, the limits of free speech and so on.
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