Scalfari Confesses: Pope’s Words in Interview May Not Have Been His Own

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4. Admittedly I'm suspicious by nature

especially where any "institution" is concerned. And churches - especially the colossal millennium-spanding control-freak establishment that is the "C"atholic church very much want to retain their "branding".

I fear for the life of this new Pope. He is not what he was expected to be. He mouthed the party line as a rank-and-filer. Now that he's in charge, he gets to (try and) set new policy.

There is a huge contingent of fundamentalist Catholics and fundamentalists in general (not to mention non-religious bigots) who do NOT LIKE what he's been saying.

So, in an effort to de-fuse the message, they are taking words out of his mouth, so-to-speak, by having the author recant via the - uh, I kinda mis-paraphrased - gambit.

Either the Pope will stick to his guns and reiterate, or he will recognize the handwriting on the wall and get back in line. Or face the consequences.

Or maybe the journalist is just crappy.