text: If God is Father and Jesus the Son, why would the Pope be referred to as Father since he is Christ's vicar on earth?  Christ referred to the people as brothers and sisters, He didn't call then His children.  It's just poor theology to think of the Pope as a father and we his children.  This is kind of what Francis was talking about, the more we read and study scripture, the better we understand how to interpret thinks like pope meaning father.  Lest we forget, Jesus said call no one father, too.  How do you reconcile that?