I think this is fair and balanced. What do you think? The first half hour is dedicated to the unprecedented brouhaha we are witnessing which is not unifying Catholics but causing more polarization. And yes, the media and politicians are seizing it for their own political reasons, pernicious as these may be:
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Several years ago, Pope Benedict XVI said something about Islam, and it was a very brief comment, in an academic presentation which offended many in the Muslim community. In fact it sparked violence leading to several deaths. Pope Benedict ended up making a public apology in person, not in writing.
Pope Leo, who is continuing off-the-cuff interviews, often when leaving Castel Gondolfo (maybe Pope Francis was right in not going there?) goaded President Trump by telling Americans to write or contact their congressmen about what President Trump is doing in Iran, let their voices be heard. As the video posted comments on, these words taking a moral principal and telling people what to do in a political sense, rubbed the President wrong. This was on the heels of the three Cardinals on 60 minutes and what some perceive as their partisan politics mingles with Catholic principles. I would say that perhaps Pope Leo would do well to apologize for that off-the-cuff remark about specifically calling your congressman. An apology, similar to Pope Benedict’s might help things and calm the waters? And please, please, please Pope Leo and all future popes, STOP THE OFF-THE CUFF COMMENTS! DON’T DO IT—ANSWER QUESTIONS GIVEN TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!
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