I think Pope Francis is the new Nelson Mandela. That he's the new sort of voice of moral conscience on the global stage that people recognize as sort of being able to indicate where the side of the angle stands.
John Allen compares Pope Francis to Nelson Mandela, suggesting that he represents a new moral authority on the global stage.
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I think one of the challenges facing Pope Francis and church leaders at other levels is to try to counteract that by in every way they possibly can putting women forward in meaningful leadership positions.
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I think we would be facing civil military crisis the like of which we have not seen in this country before.
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