[Popman]

As a non-Catholic, I ponder the hypocrisy of some of the Catholic Freepers who self righteously call me a heretic for not being a Catholic all the while your own pope is a heretic...

[ebb tide]

Two wrongs don’t make a right.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Excuse me, but how is this hypocrisy? Are you saying it is not possible for the Pope and you to both be heretics at the same time?

(I am not calling you a heretic here.Please note that. I am picking up on the logical implications of objecting ---as you apparently do --- that a non-Catholic and the visible head of the Catholic Church could not alike espouse some objective religious error.)

[namvolunteer]

I wouldn’t trouble yourself with what some people say. Be true to yourself and God and you’ll be fine. I’m Catholic.
Is Pope Francis a heretic? The answer is partly what I said earlier in this thread: He’s a Jesuit, a fork-in-your-eye, half-heretic, prone to casuistry maverick order within the Church that should have been disbanded long ago.
On the other side, they were good trappers who opened the way West in North America circa 1500-1930.
Another poster noted that Francis uses his radical Cardinals to spread his heresies but when he’s asked for a simple yes or no, it’s like trying to nail jello to the wall.
You and me united in Christ.