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Father Robert Sirico: Pope speaks to questions of morality, not politics
On his final day in the U.S., Pope Francis lamented the legalization of gay marriage, but he also urged America's bishops to redirect their energies away from complaining.
He told 300 bishops at a seminary outside Philadelphia that a church that only explains its doctrine is "dangerously unbalanced."
The U.S. bishops have repeatedly decried the acceptance of same-sex relationships, calling the legalization of gay marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court three months ago "a tragic error" and a "profoundly immoral and unjust" decision.
Francis also decried a world in which people are always chasing the latest trend and treat matters of faith and relationships as if they were mere products in a supermarket
Francis will travel to a prison later Sunday and celebrate Mass in front of hundreds of thousands.
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