The Failure of Pope Francis

by Rebecca Bynum (February 2015)

If the Pope will not speak for Jesus, who will?

Does not the Papacy exists to represent Christ on earth, to point to him and give the world his words? Yet, on January 15, 2015, just one week after the horrendous massacre of cartoonists at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, Pope Francis (whose predecessors would certainly have been more circumspect) chose cleverness and personal vanity before his primary pontifical duty. Said the Pope, “one cannot make fun of faith” and that anyone who throws insults can expect a “punch.”  more>>>