Pope Francis: Men shouldn't be so macho

As noted here, Pope Francis, who once boasted of having been a bouncer,"has called for more women in the International Theological Commission, even after tripling the number of women on the team this past September. 'In the ever more diverse makeup of the Commission,' he said, 'I want to see a higher presence of women.'

The Pope also said recently that it is chiefly women who pass on the faith, and urged men to listen to women more and not be so 'macho.' He said that men often don’t allow enough room for women while 'women are capable of seeing things with a different angle from us, with a different eye.'

Got that? You men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood must come to view masculinity as a sort of disease which leads to men ignoring women and ultimately excluding them. Men must be ashamed of their masculinity and learn to identify more with women. We don't listen enough to women? I think the problem, at least in the West, is that we cater too much to women. One could certainly argue that women in Islamic nations are suppressed and relegated to the status of furniture. But not in the West. Throughout the Church in the United States, women outnumber men in virtually every Church ministry. Everyone knows this. The absence of laymen participating in Church ministries to any appreciable degree is the result of the effeminization of the Church, the Cult of Softness.

Its too bad that so many of you hate the Pope without even understanding what he’s saying. I knew Mario Bergoglio well before becoming Pope and he was the only voice of the people when the Kirchenrs where killing us all.
In Spanish or Italian,and when used in the context of attitude rather than biologicla sense, Macho = Macho bravado BS = Misogyny, which does not = manlyness.
While macho literally translated from Spanish or Italian means “male”, when used as an attitude its not positive and it can literally mean hard headed fool in some definitions depending on its use. Its ironic how when the pope says not to be “macho” everyone gets pissed, but if he says he’d punch someone that insulted his mother... that also gets people mad!
This is the same man that said “who am I to judge” about gays and its still the same man that was ahead of the marches to stop homosexuals from “marrying” and most of all, what Francis was worried the most about from a social context perspective, that homosexuals would adopt childen, taking away their right to a mother and a father. Francis has said this many times, but of course the media likes to pick, cut and paste the bits to fit its agenda.
He invited Crisitna Kircher and treated her with a respect she does not deserve, a woman that publicly insulted him many times, yet he chose to be the bigger man.
I hope he sticks around and gets to fix the Church. To anyone that cares: No, he’s not the person that the liberal media tries to show you.
FerFAL

Its too bad that so many of you hate the Pope without even understanding what he’s saying.

I don't "hate" him. I pity him.

He thinks he is the "vicar of Christ", when in reality, he is not even close to Him. He thwarts God's message, mocks his Word, and serves Evil.

Yankees can be useful now and then.

This is true, some of 'em.

But if my grandma had heard him call gravy "white sauce" she'd have run his ass out of the kitchen and into the yard.

Like a rude and muddy child.

At least.

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