Regardless of the Vatican position on abortion and homos, I am convinced that Frank is a garden variety progressive. Good thing that my allegiance is to God, not to a church.
As a recovering Catholic, not much these people do to surprise me anymore.
But i must say, this guy is a disgrace….
“Regardless of the Vatican position on abortion and homos, I am convinced that Frank is a garden variety progressive.”
I agree. When he’s reported as making obviously leftist statements, his defenders tell us to look at the original Vatican pronouncements. However, this Pope, like most others, is a man who has risen through a very difficult bureaucratic vetting process, one that winnows all but the smartest men and those who are most able to use language for their ends. Francis has to know how “progressive” remarks he makes will be taken and represented. Hence, if he didn’t want such an understanding to develop about his remarks, he’d be making different ones and repudiating earlier media misstatements about what he has said. IOW, hd’s a clever prog. who knows exactly how his remarks will be reported and interpreted who’s left himself a place to retreat to in the text of the Vatican originals.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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