Pope visit more hits than misses

This non-theist for half a century feels we finally have a Pope likely doing more good than harm. The petty, unfounded criticism from the climate deniers, the one per-centers, the munitions and war proponents, and the capital punishment fanatics is proof Francis is hitting the right notes on improving mankind. Even his refusal to come to terms with the progress afforded mankind by contraception, abortion and LGBT rights was muted; alluding to these advances as hurting the family structure rather than attacking them outright.

He was weakest on the worst aspects of church structure; male priests only (dogma), priestly celibacy (regulation), and the clergy sexual abuse of children; matters that continue to prevent the Church from becoming a true institution of human progress. While the Pope did meet with several sex abuse victims, David Clohessy, director of The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, the nation’s most prominent support and advocacy group for clergy sex abuse victims stated, dismissed the pope’s actions stating “Is a child anywhere on earth safer now that a pope, for maybe the seventh or eighth time or ninth time, has briefly chatted with abuse victims? No.”

On the subject of celibate priests, Francis offered this bit of nonsense: “A good pastor renounces the love of a family precisely in order to focus all his energies on ministering to his flock." Francis, continues to be blind to the fact that umpteen thousands of priests have focused that energy on something much more nefarious since celibacy took hold in 1139, early in the Church's second century.

It's taken 228 years for Congress to be addressed by a wise Pope. Hopefully, it won't take that long from now for it to be addressed by a wise non-theist.