Pope Francis has been a fairly controversial pontiff. One day, he appeals to liberal Catholics. Another, the conservatives. The Holy Father hasn’t necessarily been a champion on the issue of abortion (granted, he had big shoes to fill in his predecessor St. John Paul II), but one of his go-to lines on the topic is as bold as it

Pope Francis is a skilled diplomat. And he knows he’s got a problem in the Church — that there are many Catholics who don’t understand the Church’s teachings on abortion. He also understands that if you come out too strongly on this to a group of people who care more about popular culture than their faith, you risk alienating quite