“It was a prepared talk, of course, and I doubt that he wrote it himself, although he may have added some of the personal anecdotes to it. It’s when he’s allowed to speak spontaneously - for example, in his interviews or weekday homilies - that he really runs amok.”
I've noticed that. That's why I think he's stupid, not a formal heretic. He reads the speeches they write for him, and he says, “Oh, yeah, this is good Catholic stuff.”
Then he speaks nonsense off the cuff, and I think in his own mind, the two are the same. I think he fails to understand how what he says is incompatible with Catholic doctrine.
So then, Cardinal Kasper comes along and says, “Let's do it this way, and this is how it's in accord with Catholic doctrine,” and Franky says, “Oh, yeah, that sounds good, too!”
As for the remark on a merciful approach in the confessional to artificial contraception, that's just a reiteration of the guidance given by the Vatican from the time of Pope Paul VI. I don't think there's anything new, there.
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This was a good defense of the faith by Pope Francis. Now he might say something entirely different tomorrow. Like the old AA saying let’s just take it “one day at a time”.