You don& #39;t have to hold to any "conspiracy theories" or doubt the basic authenticity of the pope& #39;s comments about civil unions to be a bit perplexed about cut footage from one documentary being used in another and what kind of "announcement" that constitutes.

Consider this reporting. It& #39;s utterly ridiculous. If it& #39;s what the pope believes, he should say so. How is it a major announcement when the Vatican is stonewalling like this? It& #39;s insulting. https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-virus-outbreak-raymond-burke-civil-unions-pope-francis-c9c35643879a77c2470f1908de8540e9">https://apnews.com/article/e...

The "media crisis" is entirely of their own making. While Francis & Vatican apparatchiks stay silent, the gap is filled with right-wingers going after him. If you& #39;re going to say this, you should be ready to defend it, not just turn yourself into a punching bag

(Pro-Francis) Catholic journalists are defensive because they lazily put out a press release for the documentary, and didn& #39;t bother to check any of this or look into things. Rather than admit that, they lash out at anyone asking questions, labeling us all conspiracy theorists

If the initial reporting had included more of these weirdnesses, rather than being propaganda on behalf of a pope they like, I& #39;d not be complaining at all. It *is* very weird. Don& #39;t insult my intelligence by acting like I& #39;m a lunatic for finding it all strange.

I can just imagine the progressive Catholic press if Francis announced that the moon was made of cheese. "Well, if you consider the Spanish word for & #39;cheese,& #39; you& #39;ll notice that... And, after all, as Archbishop he once said some very intriguing things about cheese!"