The Pope is a public figure. Millions listen to him. When he makes political speeches it is perfectly reasonable to discuss it on a political chat site.
Unfortunately the purpose of these posts is to create another thread of Protestant vs. Catholicism. Read my original post to see that is what I meant.
If the regular Catholic bashers and Protestant bashers want to hash it out, they can do so on their own site. However, they are incapable of rational discussion regarding the actual article topic.