Several viral clips from a 60 minutes interview with Pope Francis have highlighted how the pope does not fit neatly into a liberal or conservative box.
made clear: He is a complicated figure who cannot be easily boxed into a specific ideology, and the media likes to paint him as someone he is not., which was conducted by Norah O’Donnell, is a fascinating window into the thinking of a man who has led thefor more than a decade. But it also betrayed how little the media understands about the Catholic Church and seeks to project their desires for a more progressive church onto the pope.
“Each immigrant must be received, but after it must be seen how they are to be treated,” the pope said. “Perhaps they must be sent back, I don’t know. Each case must be humanely assessed.” O’Donnell’s wish casting was even more notable when she asked the pope about a document the Vatican released late last year clarifying that people in same-sex relationships are permitted to receive individual blessings.
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