“Finally,” explained Pope Francis, “the synodal process culminates in listening to the Bishop of Rome, called upon to speak authoritatively [It. pronunciare] as ‘Shepherd and Teacher of all
Christians Catholics’: not on the basis of his personal beliefs, but as the supreme witness of the Faith of the whole Church, the guarantor of the Church’s conformity with and obedience to the will of God, to the Gospel of Christ and the Tradition of the Church.”
There, fixed it. He is neither shepherd nor teacher to Christians.
There, fixed it. He is neither shepherd nor teacher to Christians.If Francis were truly a Catholic Pope, I would take issue with the above statement. However, being as who he is, I don't even consider him to be either a shepherd or a teacher to Catholics.