> "Whereas Francis said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay clerics, He also called abortion doctors assassins and described genderideology as "the ugli

> "Whereas Francis said, “Who am I to judge?” when asked about gay clerics, He also called abortion doctors assassins and described genderideology as "the ugliest danger of our time" (or the 'greatest danger' according to some other sources). He wasn't really all that progressive. Sources: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-03/pope-francis-gender-ideology-is-the-ugliest-danger-of-our-time.html https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-03/pope-francis... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/10/pope-francis-compares-abortion-hiring-hitman https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/10/pope-francis-c... Of course he was a pope. It's in line with his church's doctrine. But I wouldn't call him progressive by any means.