Pope Francis: Church can't 'interfere' with gays

[caseymoz]

23. I came of age in the 70s.

I was Catholic, and then it was purportedly "not true today" either. When you're committed to keeping your faith at all cost-- because that's your worth, that determines the fate of your everlasting soul, and perhaps the souls of those you love-- you'd be surprised at your capacity to ignore what the clergy and the church itself is doing. That's part of the reason why pedophiles got away with being priests for so long.

I can't argue with your points, but I can say, you've never been able to make that comparison. The main qualities I remember from Catholic School are racism and homophobia, and later, sexism. The clergy was better about racism but worse about homophobia and sexism.

I don't think the Church can reform due to its reading of its own history and its role in humanity. I think it'll die out first.