In a recent Washington Post Blog entry there was this bit of news on the new Pope:
In
spiritual leadership, changes in style, tone, and emphasis are real changes.
Recently Pope
Francis phoned a 35-year-old Italian woman, who had written to him because the
man who had gotten her pregnant was advising her to get an abortion. She didn’t want to,
but she was frightened and alone. The pope encouraged her not let anyone rob
her of her hope and assured her that, if necessary, he would perform the
child’s baptism himself.
The following story by Michael Gerson strikes me as getting the new Pope just about right:
I will continue to post interesting stories on the new Pope as we read together his first encyclical, The Light of Faith.
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