text: "Pope Francis' vibrant witness to mercy not only grasps us, but he is inviting the rest of us to grasp it. "
  
  MSW, you are correct.  Unfortunately, there is a small but loud minority within the church who don't like Pope Francis.  (Not surprisingly, some of them post on this website under self-important pseudonyms to hide their identity.)  They don't like Pope Francis or mercy because they don't like sinners, especially those with sins of a sexual nature, escaping judgement in this world or the next.  They are self-appointed prosecutors, judges, and juries.