Summary:
Pope Francis gave a remarkable interview last month to a
group of Catholic journalists. Much has been made of the pope’s remarks in the
mainstream media, focusing mainly on the significance of these remarks as they
relate to hot-button social issues. But based on the pope’s fresh understanding of
the relationship of the Church to the human community, the secondary role of
doctrine, the unfolding and evolving nature of the divine presence in human
experience and the critical role of doubt as part of the human quest for God, I believe Pope Francis could be identified as a religious humanist.
