Pope Francis and ‘mixed messages’

Sir, – Brendan Butler's disappointment (May 14th) over the apparent change of mind of Pope Francis regarding matters of discipline and governance brought a fit of laughter, which I thank him for!

It seems that Mr Butler and others who share his views of Pope Francis seem to think that just because he is a Jesuit and from Latin America that he is all but Che Guevara in a mitre, which is a simplistic understanding of the set-up of the current pontificate. – Yours, etc,

Fr JOHN McCALLION,

Mountjoy Road,

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Coalisland,

Co Tyrone.