(1) Either a bad translation or
(2) Internet hoax or
(3)taken out of context or
(4) (this one's my favorite) He wasn't speaking ex cathedra.
So really anything he says makes no difference whatsoever because the excuses are all ready to plug in. Any questions?
I make no excuses for him. I think he’s an idiot that is leading the church astray.
He hasn't said anything ex cathedra yet. That's simply a fact, whether or not you find it amusing.
Personally, I'm praying he never does.
**(4) (this one’s my favorite) He wasn’t speaking ex cathedra.**
Which makes all that the Pope says kind of irrelevant.