WASHINGTON: Pope Francis acknowledged on Thursday that his recent remarks calling out the US Catholic Church as “reactionary” have ruffled feathers, and added that he wanted to “move on” from the controversy.
“They got angry, but let’s move on, move on,” Francis told a journalist on the plane taking him to Mongolia.In the 10 years since his election, the pope has been criticised by conservative sectors of the US Church who are opposed to reforms such as giving women and lay Catholics more roles and making the Church more welcoming and less judgmental towards some, including LGBT people.
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