One thing I learned about Pope Francis from the videos is that his biggest focuses as a Pope right now are roles of women in the church, homosexuality, and child sex abuse. This is important because the leader of Catholicism should be concentrating on making changes for the better of the church. Another thing I learned about Pope Francis is that he works with the poor and has changed the lives of many street kids by helping them find their faith and make friendship with people in the church. This impressed me because I didn't realize that he personally worked with people instead of just preaching. Taking actions is really important as a leader and I learned that Pope Francis really cares about each and every one of the followers of the church.
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| "Pope Francis." Biography.com. A&E Networks Television, 28 Apr. 2017. Web. 10 May 2017. |
2. What did you notice about the topics that Pope Francis has written about so far? What do these say about him as a pope?
The topics Pope Francis has written about include "The Future You', "We All Need Each Other", "Solidarity, Creativity, and Courage", and "The Revolution of Tenderness". Each of these topics focus on the importance of our future generations to come and how we should together to accomplish things. He is a firm believer in that every individual is compassionate, and creative, and precious. This tells us that Pope Francis is looking at our future to do great things in the world and that he believes that we can do anything if we work together. It also tells us that Pope Francis is going to do everything in his power to raise awareness and give hope to young people and focus a lot on the importance in that.
3. What are different changes that Pope Francis is making to the way popes usually do things?
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Popes in the past have all been compassionate and sincere but never to the extent of Pope Francis. Pope Francis is the best Pope we have had yet because of the extensive changes and insights he has provided for not only those apart of the Catholic Church, but the whole world. He cares about every person and their wellbeing, which is unlike any Pope previously. He makes his own rules and goes where he thinks will benefit others. He visited the United States and facetimed students at different locations to answer questions and share advice.
4.What hopes do you have for the present day Catholic Church?
Some hopes I have for the present day Catholic Church is that they become more forgiving and accepting of people. It should not be such a hardship to accept gay marriage and homosexuality. I hope that one day they can accept anyone of any gender, sexuality, and race to be just as much apart of the Church. Another hope I have is they focus more on the people of the church than the rules. I hope that they realize that those working and attending the church are real people. Even though the Bible might say one thing, there should be acceptions like abortions or gay marriage.
