Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion and demanding that Catholic bishops stop covering up for predator priests — a scandal that has devastated the church’s credibility around the globe.
Francis revisited the key thorny topics of his trip to Belgium during his in-flight press conference coming home, praising Belgium’s late King Baudouin as a “saint” for having abdicated for a day in 1990 rather than sign legislation legalizing abortion.
A religious man I once knew reckoned the world would end if we ever had a black pope. Consequently, I kind of want to see that happen before they quit. (He wasn’t talking about the position sometimes known as “black pope” either. He definitely meant a man of recent African descent.)
I like to think the idea of Desmond Tutu gave him the creeps.
Desmond Tutu was an Anglican, not a Catholic.
He also said something very pithy, but quite odd for an Anglican Archbishop to say-