Pope Francis

“In their recent ecumenical zeal, Catholics have finally accepted Protestants as Christians, though as ‘separated brethren.’ But does the Pope believe that evangelicals and Pentecostals who try to win others to their faith ‘are not disciples of Jesus’?” - Gene Veith

Pope Francis warns of ‘rigidity,’ says church must adapt or it will become increasingly irrelevant

The comments were in response to a book on “what motivates the right-wing opposition to Pope Francis in the United States, which goes beyond his views on economics and also includes his response to the sexual abuse crisis and his elevating liberal clerics…while sidelining conservatives (such as Cardinal Raymond Burke and Cardinal Ludwig Mueller).” - Daily Wire

“Pope Francis would be well served to set aside the politics of climate change and instead promote the use of all our energy resources to reduce poverty and increase human flourishing around the world.” - Washington Examiner

“On March 9, Pope Francis met with President Russell M. Nelson … marking the first meeting between the Catholic head and the leader of the LDS Church. The visit occurred a day before President Nelson dedicated the first temple of the Latter-day Saints in Rome.” - WRN

“The Italian Episcopal Conference [CEI] has submitted the proposed change to the Vatican for approval, changing the line ‘lead us not into temptation’ to ‘abandon us not when in temptation,’ reported the Italian newswire service Ansa and the [U.K.] Express.” - Washington Times

“By a two-to-one margin, American Catholics now give Francis negative marks for his handling of the sex abuse scandal” - Pew Research

Satan is working to uncover the sins of bishops so that they will be visible and a cause of scandal, Pope Francis said during his homily at Mass on Tuesday. “This is good to remember, in these times in which it seems that the Great Accuser has been unchained and is attacking bishops. True, we are all sinners, we bishops.

A former papal ambassador to the U.S. has claimed that Pope Francis knew as early as 2013 about charges that the former archbishop of Washington, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, had been sexually active with seminarians and priests and that Pope Benedict XVI had privately disciplined him over the charges.

WSJ: In letter to Catholics, pontiff says crimes against more than 1,000 victims over 70 years weren’t handled in a timely manner

BBC: Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups