Pope Francis likens child sex abuse to 'satanic Mass'

[Hekate]

60. American English is not his native language, nor was he speaking in it at the time, I believe.

You and I are both writing American English, and yet I fear we are not communicating, either.

The Pope speaks and writes several languages, and is trying his best to communicate his most severe condemnation of the abuse of children. This is a welcome advance for the organization he heads. But as far as I can tell, you are faulting him for not using American politically-correct terminology.

Nowhere in the brief article cited does he mention homosexuality; in fact, as regards homosexuality between adults he has in the past been quoted as saying, "Who am I to judge?"

As regards the abuse of children he is indeed judging it, and in the harshest terms he can think of. I mention that he heads the Roman Catholic Church because his office is at once sacred and secular, and it is appropriate for him to distinguish what is blasphemous and sacrilegious to him within that system. To borrow a phrase from him: Who am I to judge the Pope for seeing the world in those terms, especially if the outcome benefits thousands heretofore harmed?