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Showing Original Post only (View all)Over all how do you feel about Pope Francis? [View all]
42 votes, 4 passes | Time left: Unlimited | |
I think he is fantastic - words cannot describe | |
7 (17%) |
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I think he is great on economic issues - But he is still in the past on social issues but at least is showing some signs of some baby steps in the right direction | |
26 (62%) |
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I have mixed feeling and haven't quite made up my mind yet. | |
4 (10%) |
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He is a homophobic bigot and a misogynist | |
5 (12%) |
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He is a bit too liberal for my taste. | |
0 (0%) |
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4 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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He's moved the needle farther in six months than his predecessors did in the last 15 centuries.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#2
Always could be better, but as far as the head of the largest religious organization on the planet
NuclearDem
Nov 2013
#3
Francis is the Ronald Reagan of religion, using well honed skills to put a kindly face
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#4
Perhaps you could adjust you thinking by using your words, your position on Pope Francis might be
Thinkingabout
Nov 2013
#54
So glad to hear a religious figure talk like this, especially with so many RW "christians" around
Populist_Prole
Nov 2013
#7
Why would you demand this of a Catholic priest and not a cleric of another religion
Cleita
Nov 2013
#18
This is an OP about pope, no? Start a similar OP about another cleric and see what happens.
idwiyo
Nov 2013
#41
Sorry. I should have used the sarcasm thingie in my first response in this thread.
Comrade Grumpy
Nov 2013
#45
About the same as I feel about the President. Certainly better than the alternatives, his
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2013
#19
I am not a Catholic so have withheld an opinion. However last night I heard his denouncement of
jwirr
Nov 2013
#20
For a believer of make-believe rulers in the sky, he is as good as we've seen.
DrewFlorida
Nov 2013
#21
how's that? I listed the most commonly stated opinions that have been posted here on DU - people
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2013
#55
I like his stance on economics and the fact that he's lower key on social issues.
last1standing
Nov 2013
#53