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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis is naming names [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,510 posts)about a lot of the things we care about. Hopefully, as he gets the big, cumbersome church turned around, he could change the church's position on gays and women. Whatever the motivation, the church has just radically changed for the better. There is also the danger of coming in and making wholesale, radical departures from accepted practice in too many areas at once. Myself, I believe that the Cardinals consciously decided they needed someone who could turn the tide and bring people to the church. They knew that this Pope was the guy to do it for them. He always believed the things that he has been saying, I do not believe it is an act.
I am happy that the church is changing with the times finally. My hope is for this Pope to keep on pleasantly surprising us.