Did any of you note his anti-Marxist comments in Cuba? His appeal to the dissidents? His subtle but clear rebuke of the Castro regime? The press didn't report much of that, including the fact that Francis gave Castro books and recordings from Castro's prior orthodox priest teacher when he was a boy - an attempt to call him back to the Church.
Have some charity and give the guy a chance. He hasn't been in country 24 hours and most of you are just repeating the same negative and false bildge that the left has put out there. The Pope does not support the gay rights agenda. He does not oppose free enterprise. He does not oppose air conditioning (except in the Pope mobile where it is superfluous), etc.
Pray for him! Pray for all Christian leaders. But piling on him and dragging him down is not Christian.
Hi CWW - I don’t think being disappointed in and criticizing a Pope who tacitly condones Marxism and dictators, while criticizing capitalism is anti-Catholic. The world needs a Pope who is willing to call leftism what it is - a subjugating of the individual rights given to us by God to the whims of those in power; and in its extreme form of Communism, Socialism, Marxism etc...an enslaving of populations to serve the rulers. Pope John Paul II was not afraid to call this evil, and without a doubt provided a moral cause to fight leftism; and the free world won.
He needs to speak with more clarity, and drop the “Who am I to judge?” nonsense (which is being used to skirt every commandment now). Jesus spoke with moral clarity, not vague generalities; He told the Apostles they could forgive sins, not that they shouldn’t judge.