[paristexas]

Perhaps he thinks that his job is to lead, not to merely echo what he considers to be the unenlightened beliefs of his followers.

[SoFloFreeper]

He apparently has chosen to downplay the testimony of the ancient texts, whatever his motivation.

[oblomov]

Is a pope was supposed to have “followers”?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Perhaps he thinks that his job is to lead, not to merely echo what he considers to be the unenlightened beliefs of his followers

After all, Church doctrine is a flexible document that needs to change with the times.

</sarcasm>