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Francis underscores a love that is not linked to others conforming to my wishes.
“Patience takes root when I recognize that other people also have a
right to live in this world, just as they are,” he writes. “It does not
matter if they hold me back, if they unsettle my plans, or annoy me by
the way they act or think, or if they are not everything I want them to
be. Love always has an aspect of deep compassion that leads to accepting
the other person as part of this world, even when he or she acts
differently than I would like.” Perhaps this is why interpreters find it
so hard to slot the Pope into our categories of thinking. We’re used to
assuming that disagreement entails deep division and derision, whereas
Francis is often both firm in his doctrinal stance and kind in his
pastoral approach. In this, he may be a model for all Christians of how
to follow our Savior down a path that both confounds and attracts.
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