I’d start with finding out what he really said instead of these stupid articles that take soundbites from him and make a mountain out of a molehill.
Anybody got a link to the full speech.
It looks like it would be posted on the page linked below (not there yet) - see also link in #19 above.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/homilies/2013/index_en.htm
From Rome Reports. Pretty reliable. At first I really liked this pope, but starting to have some serious doubts about him.
When the head of the Catholic Church starts saying Catholics shouldn’t say “memorized” prayers”, what is one to believe? No more rosary? Memorized prayers are part of the Tradition of the church. We have thousands of different prayers for every conceivable event. And of course we have personal prayers we say alone. What in the world is this man saying. Can a smarter Catholic than me help me out.