[tomsbartoo]

Ahhh, but fortunately for Catholics and the Church, the pope comes right back and clears up all those misquotes and misunderstandings.

Within 48 hours or so he generally has everything straightened out, all the confusion is put to rest, and we know just where the Church stands on all those troublesome issues.

Well, maybe not every time, but maybe most of the time? Or maybe sometimes? Ever?

Never might be the answer.

[ebb tide]

I’ll go with “Never”.

[Mrs. Don-o]

But how would you know if his corrections don't get reported? I mean, the "Who am I to judge?" quote wasn't even out there for one news cycle before it was pointed out that, in context, Pope Francis was talking about a person who had repented. Did that correction EVER get 1/1,000th of the coverage of the original carefully-snipped snippet? And that snippet is still being stretched to SuperSize and unfurled from the high flagpoles as a kind of all-purpose antinomian banner --- even by FReepers.

[piusv]

Yeah, I’ll go with “never” as well.

I would like to point out that, although the “all animals go to heaven” was not stated by Francis, it was stated by Paul VI....who brought us Vatican II.