Excellent post. I think that one of the misunderstandings may be that as religious, the Pope and others at the vatican perceive these issues in a different way than others. The Pope is not some kind of head “cop”, which it seems to me some would like him to be.
Instead, his perspective is right and wrong, sin, healing and forgiveness. Devotion to God.
It is a conflict between the secular and religious world.
so people can just go out and commit any crime they want and the Pope views it as a religious issue?