Francis was seen as being opposed to strict doctrine. How much of that is true?
Pope Francis cared greatly for the marginalised in society – the poor, the downtrodden and the vulnerable
Often, there is the image of a Pope on the one hand, and the reality on the other. Take Benedict XVI, for example.
Even before becoming head of the Catholic Church in 2005, he had a long-established reputation as “God’s Rottweiler”, or the “Panzer-Kardinal”. This is because he was German and, for years under John Paul II, was the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which is basically the church’s doctrinal watchdog.
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