[ealgeone]

But how do you know he is? What are you basing this on?

He's the pope....you're not.

In light of the other proclamations and edicts from other popes daniel1212 and metmom have posted, what gives you or any other Catholic, the right to question the pope?

[Campion]

What gave St. Catherine of Siena the right to tell the Pope he ought to live in Rome, not Avignon?

Catholic doctrine -- in contradistinction to that of a certain other religion -- is not just "whatever the Pope says it is today". The Pope is bound to uphold the tradition; he doesn't have the right to invent a new religion (like Luther did).

[marshmallow]

We're comparing the writings of Francis and previous Popes. When Popes write encyclicals and apostolic exhortations, they are written for the faithful. That's us. Reading an apostolic exhortation requires the use of the intellect since in order to accept it and put it into practice, one must understand what is written.

The faithful are allowed to read and compare the writings of all Popes and ask for clarification when there appears to be conflict between them.

Nothing posted by you or any of the other naysayers negates this. I trust you can see the difference between the rejection of papal teaching because it clashes with one's own theological opinions formed in isolation from the Church and the questioning of a Pope's writings because they conflict with those of previous Popes.