I understand what you are saying...and we all have some sort of abuse in our lives....
I was in an abusive relationship, but my Pastor helped me to get the care and help I needed....
It just sounds to me that this Pope is all over the place, and I’m not the only one saying that...he is getting into things that we don’t think he should be...
I loved John Paul 11 and Pope Benedict, but this Pope is just not making any sense to a lot of us followers....maybe this is the time for our faith to kick in or something...
Well, the first thing to remember is that what we generally hear about what the Pope says is filtered through an anti-Catholic media :) Even Catholic news services seem to report what AP or Reuters report.
The second thing is that the Pope will not always speak in a way that seems to is to be consistent, because the Church teaches in a different way and teaches different things.
So the Church will make USA liberals uncomfortable with its stance on sexual morality, but it will also make USA conservatives uncomfortable with its stance on the need for oversight and “referee-ing.”
Personally, I expect to find something quite different in the document than what I have read about it so far!