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And one I\u2019ve heard mentioned more than once.\u00a0 This is from Dale Price<\/a>, a favorite of Mark Shea.\u00a0 The gist is that we can only defend Pope Francis so many times.\u00a0 We can only use this or that excuse, accuse everyone of misunderstanding or not liking him, so many times.\u00a0 The latest excuse is that his words were misrepresented by an 88 year old interviewer who used neither notes nor recordings, but reproduced the interview from memory after the Pope gave him his thumbs up.\u00a0 OK, that happens.\u00a0 But really?\u00a0 I mean, shouldn\u2019t Pope Francis be a little careful about giving interviews to 88 year old men conspicuously missing recording or note taking paraphernalia?\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Being Pope is a major responsibility. It\u2019s like the Presidency, but with the God stamp of approval.\u00a0 You\u2019re in the history books for the ages and responsible for leading and defending the flock.\u00a0 The media is hostile.\u00a0 He has to know that.\u00a0 The media is not schooled in theology.\u00a0 He has to know that.\u00a0 Not everyone who reads his interviews is a Jesuit scholar.\u00a0 He has to know that.\u00a0 In the end, there is a limit to how often we can blame the human race, the world, the universe, the media, the stars and the clouds.\u00a0 At some point, he has to step up and stop the upheaval and misunderstandings.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"