[Mrs. Don-o]

If I am reading you correctly, you think Pope Francis is pushing for evil outcomes at the Synod, especially in relation to divorce/remarriage and active homosexuality? To be just, as well as to be persuasive, it is necessary to be sure you're right before making such a charge.

At least look at the counter-evidence.

Vaticanista Sandro Magister, writing for the Italian L’Espresso magazine, notes that since the extraordinary synod last October, Pope Francis has spoken out on questions like abortion, divorce, homosexuality, and contraception 40 times -- 40 times -- “without swerving a millimetre from the strict teaching of his predecessors Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI.” And, adds Magister, Francis has said “not a single word in support of the innovators” who want to “soften” doctrine or pastoral practice on these issues.

[BTW, Magister may be skewed in his interpretation. But he is highly-regarded as a journalist, he has quite a good track record in his published conclusions. I have never found him in error in his reporting of facts.

[CharlesOConnell]

Sandro Magister is a trouble-maker, but such people can't be any good as provocateurs if they're completely whacko. Otherwise, you're right.

[dangus]

“The most serious of the evils that afflict the world these days are youth unemployment and the loneliness of the old.”

How in God’s name does that square up with Pope Benedict and Pope John Paul II’s teachings on abortion? All that can be said for Sandro Magister is that Pope Francis is too smart (Jesuitical?) to directly state a heresy... but oh, can he continually imply them with every breath he takes!