Spoken like a true celibate, with neither wife nor children nor anything else to lose but his own life. It’s (a) bold of him, to say the least, if not (b) irresponsible. Easily ignored at any rate.
Vatican City • Pope Francis on Monday urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants’ dignity and right to protection trumps national security concerns.
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Ignoring critics who say his calls are unrealistic and naive, Francis insisted in the new message that border guards must be trained to protect migrants and that each new arrival, regardless of legal status, must be guaranteed access to basic services beyond health care.
What a guy.
On somewhat related point, in Austin Ivereigh’s bio of him, Francis is said have a “natural affinity” with the Peronism of his youth, which was an extreme rightist-leftist, take yr pick, embracing of gummint running everything, including the church. Explains a lot.
It’s a sloppily written book, by the way, a challenge to the reader in any passages requiring detailed description, but clear as a bell when he has praise to heap on Pope F.
Blithe Spirit 
The current Pope and Ivereigh are both a waste of time. I have to admit to having been something of an ultra montanist until this Pope came along. He has certainly cured that particular failing
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Hate to see a good and wise man ignored because of his celibacy…although that does suggest vast segments of the Church dogma is a little silly….
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What of a good and unwise man?
Plus, celibacy is a matter of church discipline, not dogma. Additionally, it has its points and a long tradition to support it. Its limitations include depriving one of a certain sense of giving hostages to the world. A married priesthood has my vote, but who am I to judge?
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I would vote for your choice on the priesthood, but no one today will ever live to see it….sad, to quote the mad king, because the Church offers so many other useful ideas….but be it discipline or dogma, I fear it has lost relevance ever since the Renaissance….or if you prefer the Enlightenment…..or if you prefer ever since graduation from Fenwick….well only now as one sees it in retrospect ….a retrospection frankly I regret…but then that’s another post
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