The "real world" is out of touch with God. It is rapidly going to hell in a hand basket. The "real world's" economy is in tatters, Islamic terrorists vow bloodshed, homosexuals want to marry and unborn children die by the millions. So yes, the Pope is in a sense "out of touch" with the real world. However, that is not to say that he doesn't understand the real world or perceive its illness and the correct remedy.
The British press, in particular The Times and The Telegraph has ramped up its anti-Catholic shtick in an almost synchronous response to the inexorable disintegration of the Anglican Church. Anyone with even a minimum of neuronal activity can see the disaster wrought by female ordination, the denial of the sinfulness of homosexual acts and the steady decline of basic Christian dogma even as the likes of The Telegraph rail against the Pope for refusing to follow the Anglicans over the cliff.
As for the "Italian insider".......pffffffffffttt!!
The Pope is the lone voice of sanity in an increasingly corrupt and lost culture.
The “real world” is out of touch with God. It is rapidly going to hell in a hand basket. The “real world’s” economy is in tatters, Islamic terrorists vow bloodshed, homosexuals want to marry and unborn children die by the millions. So yes, the Pope is in a sense “out of touch” with the real world. However, that is not to say that he doesn’t understand the real world or perceive its illness and the correct remedy.
INDEED.