Some people want the truth; others only want weaponized one-liners, “news they can use.”
I like that turn of phrase, “weaponized one-liners”. I’m going to borrow that, if you don’t mind.
The problem is that he will say or do something completely at odds with this tomorrow or the next day. The Pope’s invitation to the Vatican of the “transgendered” Spanish woman who thinks she is a man - forcing her diocese to pay for it, btw - caused great distress, since she emerged saying she felt “supported.” Also, the Pope invited her after she wrote to him to complain that her parish priest had told her that Satan was tempting her and she should not start this “transgender” process. So apparently, the Pope didn’t tell her the same thing.
I wish he’d make up his mind about who he is. I think he gets so caught up in wanting to be loved by the press that sometimes his gestures get away from him. He’s very publicity oriented, and also very much focused on himself and his own personality, as opposed to simply representing Catholic teaching. So I feel you never know what he is going to say...and obviously, the press thinks that as well, and they just wait for him to give them those “one-liners”.