[Alex Murphy]

He is making a fool out of all those loyal Catholics who have bent over backwards to try to put a good spin on all his statements and deeds over the past year.

+1 for the "anti-Catholic" Protestants who pointed out the unwarranted spin.

[livius]

Virtually everything Pope Francis has said from the beginning has turned out to be wildly distorted by a hopeful media, and he really has not said anything unorthodox. However, I don’t like the fact that he goes out and repeatedly makes himself a media focus by these personal interventions, which he is bound to realize will attract attention.

It’s too much cult of personality, and gives people the impression that the Pope is someone distinct from and even superior to the Church (which is not the case).