text: Glad someone affirmation this I am not a "conservative" out to get the Pope!  AL's argument in Ch 8 can be Catholic and fit with the Gospel and the constant Catholic tradition, but it takes some real stretching and squinting.  P Francis doesn't unite people or clarifies teaching.  He divides (builds walls) and confuses.   This is not the role of Pope.
  Imagine how powerful AL would have been if he didn't force the addition of  things not approved by the synod so he could add them into the document.  He's simply reaping what he is sown and it is not bearing good fruit that will last.