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skepticscott

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5. Of course the article is very misleading in the sense that

Reply to Rob H. (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2015, 07:54 AM

May 2015

Francis has not pushed for liberalization of any church doctrine. The Vatican PR machine has had him spewing fuzzy-wuzzy rhetoric by the boatload, but neither he nor the church have done anything but stand fast on current doctrine. But the PR game is apparently working, since the media is swallowing it and regurgitating.

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