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I know that I am often very vocally critical of the Catholic Church, particularly our hierarchy. But I am concerned for our Pope, because I love him and love what he has done. His outreach to the young people, his outreach to the rest of the world, and the loving attitude he has taken towards people of all faiths has brought the Church into the modern world (not perfectly, obviously, but at least has put us on the map). I just kind of wanted to vent here about what he has meant to me; for me, he has been a living icon of what the Church really ought to be rather than what it actually is. Unfortunately, we still have a church that is loaded with worldy baggage and politics. It is a great thing that people are unable to make up their mind about whether he is a liberal or a conservative- because that's the way that the Church should be- because neither camp has the market on Christ. All I can do at this point is pray that the Church chooses to choose someone like him who doesn't side with a political camp, but reflects and acts independently in Christ's image.