[TangibleDisgust]

i don’t think he knows. i think he is insulated by the bureaucracy of the vatican and is not aware of the backgrounds of all of the official visitors he meets or that the vatican sponsors.

no pope could ever deliberately push for policies that lead to population control, but that’s not to say that a pope cannot be duped into supporting policies that can be twisted by others into justifications for population control.

i’m Catholic and i’m terribly disappointed in this pope. i truly believe he doesn’t understand the political ramifications beyond the vatican of the things he says and does. that’s his fault. he needs better advisers on such matters and he needs to learn not to speak extemporaneously about matters he’s not well-informed on. the good will he feels towards others is often not reciprocated and media that is hostile to Catholic teachings is always eager to use his own words against him and against the church.

[FredZarguna]

Sorry, but I can't agree. He hasn't been in the Vatican his whole life. He was politically active in Argentina. The previous Kirchner considered him a political rival. He speaks how many languages? Four? Five? He's a Jesuit. That's the elite.

He's not stupid and he's not naive.