Hats Off to Pope Francis

It could be said that the Catholic Church still has far to go with respect to cleaning itself up.  I prefer to look at this from the reverse perspective, and acknowledge how far the institution has come in just the last few years.

It’s hard to know how much sway Pope Francis holds over the thoughts and behavior over his 1.3+ billion followers, but one has to believe it’s considerable.  That’s a lot of people taking on a far more compassionate viewpoint than they may have had earlier on, potentially rethinking the way we organize our society and get along with one another.