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Because they're not the same people. Pastors don't buy themselves a mansion and also open up their home to people in need... You get one or the other. Some of them do it for the authority, but some just want to serve and keep a community healthy.
Look at this pope compared to the last one. The last one was basically a career priest. This one went around, physically, helping poor people.
The last one was pretty conservative and anti-gay, this one is just pro-human
Pope Francis:
Might be superficially pro human but anybody who uses such a horrific book for the basis of their religion can't actually be pro human. They can make their impact less by being decent but they are still a net negative by believing such horrific shit.
This comes off as if you haven't actually read it. The Bible is more of a collection of old historical tales and legends. Many make sense in the context of the era, when people were generally cruel to each other. Usually it's God that does horrific shit to unsuspecting people, and indeed he usually doesn't seem like the kind of God you would follow out of anything but fear. However the book only tells the tales - it doesn't advocate for its followers to perform cruel acts.
Then you get to the New Testament which mostly encourages cooperation and compassion for your fellow man.
If you want a book that advocates for violence and hatred, the Koran is the one you're looking for, with passages that explicitly tell the reader what to do, such as
And do you think he has that stance because he wants control, or because he believes it to be wrong? He also has directed bishops to stay out of politics, and removed one of them when they didn't stop
I didn't say he doesn't have bad takes, but his beliefs and actions are consistent. He's repeatedly denounced capitalism, raised the alarm on climate change, told the church to accept LGBT people (including directing priests to bless LGBT couples), and generally has told people to not use religion as an excuse for hate
You can criticize him over the abortion issue, but if you can't see the difference between him and Pope Benedict I don't know what to tell you
I don't pretend to be a mind reader. His actions and words are all I can really go by. He has consistently been pro-forced birth.
I can see that they are different humans yes