As if publications like NCR don't write puff pieces of Pope Francis and his allies to push their favored agenda. Where has Dougherty wrote something unfactual? What he writes is either true or false and is not contingent upon his feelings about Francis.

We do know Cardinal Danneels' history of covering up sex abuse was no impediment for him to participate in the Synod on the Family. Was the priest who committed sex abuse in Dougherty's article wrote about in the article reinstated or not? Does liking Communion for divorced "remarried" mean turning a blind eye?