As a Catholic, I have been presuming that Francis says the things he says because he is a Jesuit. However, after this statement, I have to conclude that either Francis is suffering from some form of dementia, or he is ignorant of both Catholic doctrine and world history. In any case, he truly is a disaster.
That's the impression that I get.
I’ve been wondering how many Catholics are going to follow this man off the cliff because he is the pope.
How does the average Catholic cope with a situation like this?
I also subscribed to the “he’s a Jesuit” idea. Maybe you are correct but I remember a Jesuit priest at Mass years ago. His homily was bizarre to say the least. We all left church shaking our heads. We talked to a number of people on the way out and we all concluded that if we followed his advice it didn’t matter if we were Christian, Hindu, or no religion. Bizarre is not strong enough. We couldn’t believe it.