Perhaps he is senile.
I don’t mean any offense to Freepers who are RC, but I’m really glad I’m not. What the Pope says is irrelevant, except for his influence on others.
Most of my family is Catholic. We were all recently in Italy on a family trip. Most of them took a side trip to Rome, saw the Pope. I said I wouldn't walk across the street to see that commie b*sta*rd. And these are all people who are more policially aware than the average Joe. They were all clueless that the Pope was a communist.
Anyhow it was 90 degrees there the whole time. It was frikking hot with many places not having AC. I guaran-damn-tee the Pope's digs are kept very comfortable.