It also surprises me that our Catholic friends are not discussing this story: Catholic priests may be allowed to marry amid Papal changes. There appear to be great changes afoot, some of which may not be welcome to them.
It seems the Pope confuses fuzzy thought and mushy good will for the Gospel.
I think he seems VERY SELF-CENTERED. He strikes me as proud of his humility. He is the papal equivalent of one of those action movies where the hero just needs to want / believe / care enough, and then he will suddenly have the strength to win. Don’t want a war? Just say no - and ignore the problem of the other side also getting to make choices. Want to go to heaven? Just feel good about yourself, and God will follow YOUR conscience, not His own. We aren’t required to be changed into the likeness of God because we can just tell God to change into OUR likeness...