Pope Francis Understands the Value of Research

We were almost over the fact that Pope Francis is totally on top of this whole “public relations” thing, but now he’s done it again.

This weekend we read that the modest man in the big house has commissioned a far-reaching survey designed to gauge “consumer sentiment” among the world’s one billion Catholics on some of the church’s most contentious social issues: homosexuality, gay marriage, unwed cohabitation, etc.

The reason this is so interesting is that many will tell you that church doctrine is both clear and unchangeable when it comes to the definition of the word “family.”

That may be true, but the rest of the world is changing, and the survey move is a pretty clear indication that Francis knows this.

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