I'm starting to form a theory about Francis. He clearly says things frequently that make people do double takes. Welcome in the gays and atheists, stop talking about abortion, the biggest issues are lonely old people and youth unemployment, etc. You scratch your head.
But I don't think he's a flake, I think he's a very empathetic man who focuses feels the personal pain of individuals and can't really visualize the big moral issues. He would take his cassock off to clothe a homeless man but when you ask him about somewhat more abstract things like abortion (i.e. not in his direct line of sight) he shrugs and thinks "why should we talk about that when that guy over there has pain in his heart because he's gay? I should go to him".
Nice saintly person, I am not sure he's cut out to be head of the entire church.
Perhaps this is what happens when believers choose to elevate a man to be “head of the entire church” and lead them, rather than God Himself.
Didn’t work out well for King Saul, or for many others throughout history. Looking back, this pope isn’t the first to wander off the expected path.
YES! I WISH HE THIS POPE WOULD VISIT AN ABORTION SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND REACH OUT TO WOMEN WHO ARE PLANNING ON KILLING THEIR CHILD!!! LET THIS POPE GO OVER THE STORY OF THE SO CALLED DR. GODSNEL AND THEN WALK AWAY AND NOT MAKE ABORTION ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVILS TO DEAL WITH IN THE WORLD. 50-60 MILLION DEAD CHILDREN JUST IN THIS COUNTRY AND NOW OBAMACARE IS GOING TO MAKE SURE WOMEN GET ABORTIONS FREE ALONG WITH FREE BIRTH CONTROL=SOCIAL JUSTICE THEOLOGY, I WOULD RATHER DIE POOR THAN KILL MY CHILD!