[AnAmericanMother]

It is hard to move from a freewheeling bishopric to the more constrained position of Pope, where every word is recorded and parsed.

Those "old style popes" were reticent for a reason - there were plenty of anticlerical folks in the press to seize on anything they said.

I think Pope Francis is figuring this out . . . at least I hope so.

[miss marmelstein]

Excellent post. I hope he’s figuring it out to.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Just need to hit the beads on this.