Poorly written article and the author did not prove his thesis.
No sale.
You summed it up the best.
It’s just another anti-Protestant hit piece.
Indeed. The final claim is that "the pope does teach the gospel," yet i challenge anyone to show me where Francis has clearly preached the gospel to the lost such as we see in Acts. "Saying Mass" will not do it.
But what we do have is,
“The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. ‘But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!’ But do good: we will meet one another there." - Pope Francis, from Vatican Radio’s account of a recent Papal pronouncement: http://en.radiovaticana.va/storico/2013/05/22/pope_at_mass_culture_of_encounter_is_the_foundation_of_peace/en1-694445; http://www.newyorker.com/news/hendrik-hertzberg/father-the-atheists-even-the-atheists