[ebb tide]

You’re throwing out a bunch of suppositions. I’ve merely stated facts. And the facts point to hypocrisy.

[irish guard]

So let’s get this straight for a minute. The current Pope no longer confers the title of Monsignor to priest as an honorary title because he feels it’s an unnecessary honor. ,But when he thanks retiring clergy for years of dedicated service they deserve, and another Pope conferred the title, he’s a hypocrite? You guys need to take a step back and think about this a bit more. He’s trying to simplify the church, eliminating the title of Monsignor, but isn’t supposed to thank the old monsignori for their life’s devotion. I’d say you need to find another fault with this guy. This isn’t hypocrisy or disingenuousness.

[Mrs. Don-o]

What Pope Francis said is that he admires those men, not that he admires those men's titles.

Look again.

Kindly refrain from calling people hypocrites when they don't see and say things exactly the way you do. It presumes an insight into their interior intentions which you do not have.

It would be more clear and objective to say "that's an apparent contradiction," or "that looks like an inconsistency to me," or "there's a paradox here" or, better yet, "I don't quite understand what he means."

That's a phrase I could --- probably should ---use more frequently, myself.