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Just saying.<\/a> \u00a0For those who insist that the world and media are wrong, and that Francis isn\u2019t some rampaging liberal laying the seeds for future compromise with modernity, the growing defense trend is that Francis\u2019s comments must constantly be chalked up to misunderstandings. \u00a0Deliberate or otherwise. \u00a0Of course that\u2019s possible. \u00a0It is the media after all. \u00a0There\u2019s an agenda there, and we all know now that only a fool takes the press\u2019s take on things at face value. <\/p>\n

Still, the one person that doesn\u2019t seem to know this is Pope Francis. \u00a0And time and again, his statements that to a word seem to be misinterpreted to reflect a modern liberal outlook, all must be dismissed as part of a vast anti-Francis conspiracy, or perhaps even Francis imitating Jesus by speaking in parables and vague ways to hide truths from all but the worthy on the Catholic blogosphere.<\/p>\n

In any event, whether part of the grand scheme of Francis to lead all back to the Truth, or part of a vast conspiracy, or even that Francis is a typically left leaning product of S. American society, the fact remains it\u2019s been a topic of conversation for months. \u00a0Fine. \u00a0But every time a comment is deleted, at least as far as I see, it validates those who smell a rat. \u00a0Since deleting, while it can be (and often is) excused as sheer disgust at horrible comments, more often than not looks like someone trying to hide something. \u00a0And that doesn\u2019t bode well in a delicate situation like this.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"