It's hard to tell if they aren't "whistling past the graveyard." Even so, the dangers of spontaneous Papal utterances is on display. Pope Francis has the gentle as doves part down pat, but his wise as serpents needs work.
Jeff, you watch the news ... you are a contemporary individual. We live in an age of sound bites. Faced with a 12,000 page interview, who are the industrious souls who read each and every word ... AND ... were able to understand them within the context of the Catholic Church's teachings? Name one NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, FOX or even AlJAZEERA news anchor(ette) up to that challenge, especially on the same day the interview was published by the Jesuit press. The interview was with his own community, not with the mainstream media. Unless and until any printed or televised media can rise to that challenge, they should limit their reporting to reporting, and not commentary.