I dont understand why liberals started a love affair with the Pope, and now I don't understand

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23. I believe Francis is a very, very good man and that humanity got really lucky with him.

I know half of humankind are women. I have never in my life said, "I'm not a feminist, but..." I have always been a feminist. That said, I can accept certain realities.

One is that it is possible for someone to not share my ideology entirely, and even do what I feel is harm following his own ideology, and still be a good person. A second is that neither people nor the world we have to deal with will ever be perfect; I must accept less than I would want of others or despise all humanity without exception.

Third, literally most of the women in this world are struggling just to keep doing from one day to the next and keep their children alive, many of them in what is or amounts to slavery. Pope Francis is working far harder than anyone on this board ever has or will to uplift and improve the wellbeing of nearly 5 billion women and children - and he's making a real difference.

He's done all he can for women who've had abortions by saying priests can grant them forgiveness. That's extremely controversial and a really big deal.

Homosexuality is not supported, but Francis instructs that homosexuals should be accepted with kindness.

As for birth control, one bishop described him as "wildly practical," illustrated by Francis's comment to reporters on a plane that Catholics shouldn't feel doctrine requires them to breed "like rabbits." He knows very well that most Catholics, including priests, support the use of birth control; and if he has not approved birth control because of its connection to the most deeply held precepts of the church on family and purpose, he notably does not speak out against it. That's a BIG thing too.

On and on as he works to accomplish as much as possible in the years we will have him.

BTW, only certain types of people, liberal or conservative, are prone to idolatry and hate of public figures they disagree with, and fortunately they're a minority of humanity. Most of us have far better vision and judgement.