Don't kid yourself. He hides the crucifix, pending his audience.
“Francis is secular through and through.”
Not true. He constantly speaks of the Devil. He’s a mystic with a tender devotion to the Blessed Virgin. He publicly kisses the cross during Lent and the Baby Jesus during Christmas.
As for “environ-mental”, 80% of the water in India is significantly effected by sewage. People in some Chinese cities wear masks outside because of the thick smog and pollution as respiratory illnesses and cancers spike there. I don’t go with the full Al Gore environmentalist agenda but to say there is not an issue with pollution stemming from materialistic greed hurting the poor in a number of countries is not reality.
Don't kid yourself. He hides the crucifix, pending his audience.