Lapsed Catholics Everywhere Are Totally Confused By This Crazy New Nonjudgmental Pope

Things are still early with this new Pope Francis character in charge of the Vatican. But I’m mighty eager to see where this all leads. Inclusiveness? Healing? The Jesuit tradition of social justice? Amen. (Full disclosure: Not a Catholic myself. But I think we all have a dog in the fight when it comes to…

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Carolyn Silveira

Sep 24, 2013

Check out the whole interview with Pope Francis here. This post does not constitute an endorsement of Pope Francis or anything else he says. Now comment away, with kind hearts.

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