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[–] Astromachine 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

As fucked up as the Catholic Church is I actually try give this guy some credit. I think he is at least trying to shake up the system and move the church away from the golden thrones and huge mansions and actually try to help people instead of them selves. Its baby steps, but at least they're in the right direction.

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[–] eightheaded 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

I completely agree. I am not a Catholic myself, but what I like about Pope Francis is that unlike his predecessors he seems to believe in and practice what he preaches, even to the extent of crossing some lines previous popes wouldn't dare to. Time and time again he's shown he's willing to lead by example.

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[–] Dont-Tread-On-Me 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

to astromachine and eightheaded, sure this pope is a lot better than the last asshole who wore Prada shoes and was a Nazi, but l don't believe for a second that any of the things he does are done organically or with conviction. The church finally realized that they had too much hubris and had gotten too cocky, so they made a smart internal decision to change strategy by forcing out the old pope and bringing in an absolutely brilliant new P.R. team to repair their image with stunts like this one.