Funny that that word struck you as well. For me, in this context, I thought incredulous means that all of us can't believe Francis said this or that. The only thing that would be incredulous for me would be if he actually preached the Catholic Faith.
“Incredulous’ would mean that Pope Francis does not believe what he is saying.”
“Funny that that word struck you as well. For me, in this context, I thought incredulous means that all of us can’t believe Francis said this or that. The only thing that would be incredulous for me would be if he actually preached the Catholic Faith.”
incredulous: not able or willing to believe something : feeling or showing a lack of belief.
I always thought incredulous referred to a person or a person’s response, not a statement. A person can be incredulous. A person can be “not able or willing to believe something”. A statement can not.
I think the author meant to say unbelievable.