Yes, I like Pope Francis. Sue me

[theHandpuppet]

88. Yes, let's talk about poverty and income disparity, shall we?

The majority of the world's poor are women and children. Do you realize how many millions upon millions of women are doomed to lives of poverty because they do not have reproductive choice? Further, how many more will die because they do not have access to abortions? Please don't give me a bunch of blather about poverty when His Holiness and his church have done everything in their power to keep women subjugated. Income disparity? Yes, let's start with those women and children. When women are treated as equals in the eyes of the church, you might be surprised how that example could lift many millions of women and children --and families -- out of poverty.
YOU may be able to compartmentalize all of these issues but they are interconnected. Misogyny and homophobia may be the most obvious faces of this type of sickness but until and unless you root out the deep-seated oppression and bigotry within the church (or any other religion sharing those views), it is dishonest to claim that this Pope or any other is doing everything in their power to combat the ills of poverty in this world.