Pope Francis's book reveals a radical progressive in the making

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10. One of these articles I posted here says he will be purging a lot of people. I suspect they are the

ones who didn't agree with his 'zero tolerance' stance on sexual abuse. It's an essential reform. Next may be because of an emphais on Francis of Assisi, a return to helping the 'least of these.'

I have found Catholics to be the most reliable allies advocating for the poor, sick, disenfranchised and disabled, especially those marginalized to the point of treating them as disposable by other groups in society.

The emphasis on seeing all life on Earth as valuable will be very important in a world with a changing climate, more people and less resources. The austerity that is being advocated is not about starving the helpless, but forcing those who reaped unjust profits to quit their persecution of the poor. It is a start. And humanity is going to need all the help it can get from any source.