He more or less spilled his guts in this “49-minute speech.”

Those are dedicated Italians. They were seated, I trust.

Not an idle comment here. Has he ever heard of being concise and to the point? His letters are also very long. What advisor will deliver us from the long wind of this holy father? Come forth. The people of God need you.

A key phrase:

“… It is not useful to search for solutions in conservatism or fundamentalism,” the pope said. “We are not living an era of change, but a change of era.”

He’s our liberal pope, to be sure. Now and them people bristle at the term. No, no, no, can’t use that when talking things papal, or even Catholic. But he’s explicit here. So be it.