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I love him. He is such a refreshing change for the church!

I'm not religious, but so far, I really love this Pope!

That is so great. My pastor always tell parents not to be afraid to bring infants/children into service, even if they may cry or become fussy.

Not religious, but I have some serious respect for this guy.

Honestly, I could care less about this issue, but he gets major props for his stances on major issues and trying to steer the church away from focusing on the hot button social issues (abortion, gay marriage, etc).

I love the Pope. Although I agree with him on plenty of things - the dignity of the poor, living a life of service, social justice, etc.!

That's pretty great. I felt a lot more comfortable baptizing C Catholic after he was named pope.

Times they are a changing.

@loveisstrange: totally agree with you.

I've got major respect for him

He makes me feel even more proud to be Catholic. If Jesus were alive today, I think he'd be doing about the same thing. I love that he auctioned off his motorcycle for charity, sneaks out of the vatican at night dressed as an ordinary priest to feed the homeless, that he invited some homeless people to his birthday dinner, that he rides around in a Ford Focus instead of something fancy...I could go on an on.

This is great! Moms should feel comfortable to feed their babies in any setting. Major respect!

Yea but then he had to go and make a big thing about how abortion is a sign of our "throw away culture" and women are throwing away babies like extra food.

I mean, I like him better than the last pope. But he's still a pope.

@jedeve: Well that depends on your view of the Catholic church I suppose. He's the head of an organization that, in the best possible light, still leads the charge against contraception, abortion, and gay marriage. So while I appreciate that he has many good attributes and seems like a better role model than the last pope, he's still the head of an organization with those (thus far) unwavering stances.

@jedeve: And yet just yesterday he called abortion horrific… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/pope-francis-abortion_n_4587846.html

He's better than the other popes, no doubt. And maybe he will actually change the church's stances on these topics at some point. But until he does, he's still the head of an organization that condemns a lot of things I consider to be basic fundamental human rights.