| | *Winfield, Nicole (September 4, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/e3a96e45819f4492b1ee0d6ed1524b0d Pope on critics: It’s ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.</ref> and he endorsed a bigoted essay attacking conservative Catholics and evangelicals.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/27/pope-francis-endorses-essay-trashing-u-s-conservative-christians/ Pope Francis Endorses Essay Trashing U.S. Conservative Christians]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2019.</ref> He has called on Christians to ignore the [[Great Commission]].<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (December 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/12/22/pope-francis-tells-christians-not-to-try-to-convert-nonbelievers/ Pope Francis Tells Christians Not to Try to Convert Nonbelievers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Montagna, Diane (December 23, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/does-pope-francis-repudiate-the-great-commission Does Pope Francis repudiate the Great Commission?] ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved December 23, 2019.</ref> | | *Winfield, Nicole (September 4, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/e3a96e45819f4492b1ee0d6ed1524b0d Pope on critics: It’s ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved September 4, 2019.</ref> and he endorsed a bigoted essay attacking conservative Catholics and evangelicals.<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (September 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/27/pope-francis-endorses-essay-trashing-u-s-conservative-christians/ Pope Francis Endorses Essay Trashing U.S. Conservative Christians]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved September 27, 2019.</ref> He has called on Christians to ignore the [[Great Commission]].<ref>Williams, Thomas D. (December 22, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/12/22/pope-francis-tells-christians-not-to-try-to-convert-nonbelievers/ Pope Francis Tells Christians Not to Try to Convert Nonbelievers]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Montagna, Diane (December 23, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/does-pope-francis-repudiate-the-great-commission Does Pope Francis repudiate the Great Commission?] ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved December 23, 2019.</ref> |
| − | [[Africa]]n Catholics fully repudiated Pope Francis's approval of blessings for [[homosexual]]s, which he accepted their defiance as a "special case" due to culture,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/europe/pope-francis-defends-same-sex-blessings-intl/index.html</ref> but pushed back against [[conservative]]s in [[Europe]] and the [[U.S.]] who have likewise criticized him. | + | [[Africa]]n Catholics fully repudiated Pope Francis's approval of blessings for [[homosexual]]s, and he accepted their defiance as a "special case" due to culture,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/europe/pope-francis-defends-same-sex-blessings-intl/index.html</ref> but pushed back against [[conservative]]s in [[Europe]] and the [[U.S.]] who have likewise criticized him. |