Just to note again, I pasted those Francis quotes and didn't think that last one could be bogus.
I'm glad Tanada pointed that out. So for this discussion, ignore that last quote pic --
it's made up, he didn't say it, it's not fair to criticize him over it. So, he did NOT say that.
Otherwise, generally -- yes, Francis rides the line a bit on traditional Catholic teachings. But I've heard priests on tv before, CNN and such, explaining that really he does not veer away from standard teachings if you break it all down, what he's saying.
Francis is a pope with a pastoral background, and he's just doing what a good pastor ought to do -- he doesn't come at people judgmentally, but rather with acceptance. He builds bridges.
And I just like him. That's what a pastor ought to be -- no lear jet and rolls royce, no book deals and mega millions personal profit from the megachurch; Francis is humble, not ego-centric.
He's not a hypocrite, and walks the walk. ANYONE has to respect somebody like that, who is not a hypocrite. Whatever field we're talking about, doesn't have to be religion, it can be politics too -- like Bernie Sanders, and how consistent he has been in his career and life.
Bernie's "walked the walk" too, and never sold out. On working class issues, middle class issues, civil rights, bank regulation, consumer protection, world peace, climate change and the environment.
Here's part of Bernie's address at the Vatican conference today:Bernie's press conference after, outside the Vatican walls:
(he talks a lot about climate change too, in that vid)
"I have been enormously impressed by Pope Francis, his speaking out, and his visionary views of a moral economy. An economy that works for all people and not just the people on top.
What he [Pope Francis] has said, over and over, is that we have got to ingrain moral principles into our economy." -- Bernie, in Rome today.
In that vid, you can see even Italians chanting, "Bernie, Bernie."Bernie arriving in Rome:
Addressing the Vatican conference: