[matginzac]

After reading all about one of his highlighted “heroes”, Dorothy Day, it confirmed everything I’ve suspected of this Holy Father and I respectfully disagree with him.
She was a commie, a Ho Chi Minh lover, had an abortion and a baby out of wedlock and went against just about every tenet of the Church...
And he picked HER as a guiding light for us Catholics? Really?

[Lera]

I did not catch who she was when he mentioned her but this one he mentioned I knew who he was

He said in his speech to Congress that he is an admirer of Thomas Merton and contemplative prayer

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/24/443126027/in-pope-francis-congress-speech-praise-for-dorothy-day-and-thomas-merton

Thomas Merton was a Catholic monk (convert) who loved Sufi islam
http://www.techofheart.co/2008/12/thomas-mertons-letter-to-sufis-and.html

[Flying Circus]

I think you do Ms Day a disservice in your criticism. Her abortion and out of wedlock birth occurred before her conversion and baptism. After that she advocated a more traditional sexual morality.

On the other hand she was an avid pacifist regarding WW II and Vietnam, but hypocritically supported Castro’s violent over throw of Cuba. I believe she was sincere in her faith but didn’t do so well escaping the Marxist ideology of her youth when she thought about how to best help the poor. Unfortunately the ideas advocated through her Catholic Worker movement were very influential with the boomer era Catholics and I suspect that was why the Pope held her up as an example for an American audience.