The editor of Telegraph Blogs has homed in on yesterday’s story in The Sunday Times of Malta that Pope Francis was shocked by the law which will allow gay adoptions in Malta.
Damien Thompson added, however, that no one should be surprised by the Pope’s stand.
Back in Argentina, Cardinal Bergoglio had roundly condemned gay adoption and said that gay marriage was diabolically inspired.
“But confusingly – and I still can't quite figure this out in my head – he did clearly back civil partnerships as the lesser of two evils. (When Archbishop Vincent Nichols appeared to do that, his critics in the Vatican were furious.)” Mr Thompson said.
“What we can say, I think, is that the media read far too much into the Pope's "who am I to judge?" comment about gay Christians in his impromptu interview on the way back from Rio. If Time magazine gave Francis its Person of the Year on the basis of his relaxed attitude to homosexuality, it should have done its homework more thoroughly.”