Monday, May 21, 2018

A Tectonic Shift

Pope Francis is reported to have said to a gay Chilean man abused as a child by priests:
God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care. The pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are.
Needless to say, this has caused a certain stir in conservative Catholic circles. I’m not clear why anyone should be surprised, though. It is completely in character with Francis’ entire pastorate.

When Francis says something similar to a child-abusing priest, it will solve the “priests molesting children under their pastoral care” problem. Why didn’t his predecessors think of this ‘brilliant’ solution?