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The radio link you provide says “In the Gospel, Jesus does become angry,” but your blog link says “In the Gospel, Jesus does not become angry,”

Just saying

My reading of the passage is that Jesus does become angry in the Gospel (i.e. in other parts of the Gospel narrative) but when the disciples don't understand him (i.e. in this part of the Gospel), it's pretense.

”:“In the Gospel, Jesus does become angry, but pretends to when the disciples do not understand him. At Emmaus he says: ‘How foolish and slow of heart’. ‘How foolish and slow of heart’…

That's also what I read at the link. So, the Pope thinks that Jesus can be "angry", but that His "anger" with the apostles is not real anger.

If he is trying to draw a distinction between say, "wrath of God" and "the displeasure of a parent", then I can probably live with this, but he should clarify.

Now marshmallow is saying that the original quote actually said:

”:“In the Gospel, Jesus does NOT become angry, but pretends to when the disciples do not understand him. At Emmaus he says: ‘How foolish and slow of heart’. ‘How foolish and slow of heart’…

This really is answered the same way: the Pope could be distinguishing between the "wrath of God" and the "displeasure of a parent".

I am not a Catholic, but I am a pastor and we preach pretty regularly, and I do NOT read a script. I have an outline, and it's entirely possible that in trying to make a point some things get left unsaid.

I wouldn't consider it fair to take a sermon and expect it to be stated with the precision that one would expect of a doctoral dissertation. There absolutely has to be allowance for slip of tongue, grasping the wrong word, lack of clarity in explaining an idea.

I prefer speaking naturally and not from a script.