The Anti-Pope Said What?

Pope Francis continues to shock the masses with his Anti-pope comments...

(CNN) In politics, they call it going "off message." In acting, they call it going "off script." In the Catholic Church under Pope Francis, it has become business as usual.
Put the 77-year-old pontiff in front of a microphone, and he will make news.

Case in point, a brief press conference on Monday aboard the papal plane from the Philippines to Rome, when Francis sounded off, in his very unpope-like way, on birth control, corruption and kicking grifters where the sun don't shine.
Here are those and several other eye-opening comments from Francis over his nearly two years as pope.

Catholic parents shouldn't be 'rabbits'
Answering a question about birth control on Monday, Francis said that parents shouldn't procreate endlessly, trusting in God that it will all work out.

"But God gives you methods to be responsible," Francis said. "Some think that, excuse me if I use that word, that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No. Responsible parenthood."
That doesn't mean the Pope now supports artificial birth control. The church has long allowed natural methods of preventing pregnancies.

Punching provocateurs

On his way to the Philippines last week, Francis was asked about the terrorist attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. While denouncing terrorism, thePope said there are limits to free speech.
"If Dr. Gasbarri, a great friend, says a swear word against my mother, then a punch awaits him," Francis said, referring to Alberto Gasbarri, a man who organizes papal trips and was then standing next to him on the plane.

"It's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith."

The Pope said Monday that, in theory, violence contradicts Jesus' "turn the other cheek" teachings, but in practice, people must be prudent enough not to needlessly provoke others -- unless they want to risk a harsh response.

A kick where the sun doesn't shine.

When he was a bishop in Argentina, Francis said Monday, a couple of suspicious men offered $400,000 to his poor neighborhood -- but only if he first made a significant deposit with them.
If you think that sounds like the real-world version of email phishing scams, the pontiff would probably agree.

"In that moment I thought about what I would do: Either I insult them and give them a kick where the sun doesn't shine or I play the fool."
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