text: How odd that devout Catholics are castigated for defending Pope Francis in their own parish church.  As for those pleading "freedom of speech":  A. This is Italy and not the USA.  B.  The parishioners were expressing their own "freedom of speech".  C.  Can you imagine the outcry if the reverse had happened under JPII the Great Enabler or Benny the Grand Inquisitor?  This priest would have been in a fast boat back to India and possibly suspended as well.