Originally Posted by charly

And let's not forget the he was in charge of the Catholic Corporation while bishops and cardinals were covering up, ignoring, hiding and moving priests who were systematically abusing children. That should get him a seat right next to God.

Not!!

He was a compassionate man, but he was firstly a religious man who saw his church over the good of his flock.

He travelled to a lot of places and created a lot of dubious saints, but other than that what did he actually do?

Stop any wars, relieve any suffering or feed more people?

He talked the talk but the actions I'm a little less sure of.