Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is in the United States for a visit. I fear that he is about to experience Keith's Law, which says that authoritativeness is inversely proportional to partisanship. Roman Catholics want a transcendent pope who focuses on the eternal things. Yes, the Church has positions on social issues, but if Pope Francis takes sides on controversial matters, such as so-called climate change, or if he comes across as a Democrat rather than someone who is above politics, he risks alienating many adherents. This could be a long-term problem for his Church, which, in the United States at least, is already in trouble. Hardly any Americans want to be priests, for example, so priests have to be imported from the Third World.
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