Today marks the fourth
anniversary of Pope Francis’s election as pope. It is clear that the
Pope has changed the tone of the church, stressing social justice over
adherence to strict sexual conduct norms. He’s also spoken out against
clerics who are full of themselves, and made protecting our environment the theme of an encyclical – he’s only written two.
I am willing to give the
Pope a bit of a pass on his blind spot about women, and his refusal to
understand the injustice of not ordaining women to the priesthood. I do
not excuse it, but I realize that an 80-year-old prelate from Argentina
may find it difficult to really “get” women’s issues.
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