Pope Bluntly Faults ChurchÂs Focus on Gays and Abortion
Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy, said that the Roman Catholic church had grown Âobsessed with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some critics.
In remarkably blunt language, Francis sought to set a new tone for the church, saying it should be a Âhome for all and not a Âsmall chapel focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings.
ÂIt is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time, the pope told the Rev. Antonio Spadaro, a fellow Jesuit and editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal whose content is routinely approved by the Vatican.
ÂThe dogmatic and moral teachings of the church are not all equivalent. The churchÂs pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently.
Wow! I mean, this guy should be made Pope! in some halcyon future..
Oh wait.. had to read that-all again, bolded for comprehension: it just didn't Compute-at-first, y'know??