Pope Francis: Pope Of The Poor, Of Mother Earth, Of Prisoners

Pope Francis has

spoken to all about the need for economic equality as well as political equality... the need to eliminate the huge gap between rich and poor

has exercised courageous leadership with his encyclical on the environment in which he asked everyone in the world to work to protect Mother Earth

apologized to S American Indians for the role of the Churh in siding with invading colonizers

visited maximum security prisons as well as hospitals, schools etc.

visited a slum in Paraguay

has ordered the Vatican to jail proven pedophiles from priests to cardinals

has said that divorce can be morally necessary

has said to Catholics 'don't breed like rabbits'

has said about gays 'who am I to judge?'

has motivated Italians to work to help a flood of refugees as he spoke of the church as a church for the poor

has said that priestly celibacy is not dogma

One area in which he has not yet led the public is in informing the world of the vegetarianism of Jesus, the apostles, the early Christians for the first 300 years, many orders such as the Franciscans. May that come soon.

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Pope Francis' world-leading encyclical on the environment.... full text
http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

re the environment
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/25/opinion/the-popes-encyclical-on-the-environment.html?_r=0

re divorce
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/pope-francis-marital-separation_n_7657512.html

re population
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/01/20/breed-like-rabbits-pope-francis-breaking-new-ground-birth-control/

going to the poorest... visiting slums
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2015/0712/Pope-Francis-wraps-up-Latin-American-tour-with-a-visit-to-a-Paraguay-slum

http://www.nationofchange.org/2015/wp-content/uploads/PopeFrancisFarm02715.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Pope_Francis_Korea_Haemi_Castle_19_(cropped).jpg

a church for the poor
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/05/14/italians-help-flood-refugees-pope-francis-vision-church-poor/

Priestly Celibacy Is Not Dogma.. said Pope Francis
http://mic.com/articles/90123/pope-francis-just-made-a-radical-statement