I think it's important to realize what the Pope said and didn't say. He didn't change church doctrine. He affirmed it. But just as there is a church position on homosexuality and abortion that is delighted in by many on the right, there is also a church position on war, the death penalty, sharing and economics which is often overlooked by many people across the political spectrum. The church would be doing itself a grave disservice if it allows either its supporters or critics to reduce and distort its message to "gays and abortions are evil".
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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