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The issue that the Church and the Pope face today is the challenge by people both in the Church and outside of the Church as to what constitutes sin.  In today's leftist Western thought, Matthew would have been debating with Jesus as to why taking more money than owed was sinful when he felt that he needed the money and his conscious was not bothered by it.  That is, there is no law; all law is up for debate.

Pope Francis' job is to define the law - "I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven." (Matthew 18:18, NLT)  Francis needs to stop being so wishy-washy; he's supposed to be a leader of the Church, not a moderator who tosses an issue out there for debate.