Not Catholic myself. But he sounds a lot like liberal Protestant “clergy” who hang around in the PCUSA, UMC, or ELCA. I read in the Lord’s discourse in John 13-16 that if we teach what Jesus taught, the world will hate us. Since the contrapositive is always true, that implies that if the world doesn’t hate us, we aren’t teaching what Jesus taught. Maybe some clergy who want to sound nice so the world will like them ought to think about that.
I think this is Pope Francis' primary weakness. He wants everyone to like him. So he tells people what he thinks they want to hear, or what he thinks will make them like him.
That is bad enough for a priest in a small hamlet somewhere inconsequential, but it has serious repercussions when you're the Pope.
And as you said, the world likes this Pope. A lot.
"Woe to you, when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did to the false prophets."
Francis has not changed anything at all to do with Catholic social doctrine and he will not change anything. He likes to talk like he’s your grandpa. He wants to be a parish priest. That’s what he loves doing. But the church will survive just fine with Francis. I wish he wouldn’t talk so much but he likes to talk.
ELCA....whew...crazy church nowadays
Francis...bless his heart...is old
Maybe he’ll be replaced by someone more like previous two
But I wonder if Benedict retired without pressure
Is the college of cardinals now lib reaching out with liberation dogma to reel in third world new members?
I’m not Catholic either so I can admit I do not care for his views politically