Where the hell is all this “surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life” crap coming from?  The Pope?  Really? Mercy?

Pope Francis will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church’s upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions, in the Argentine pontiff’s latest move towards a more open and inclusive church.

In the letter, Francis described the “existential and moral ordeal” faced by women who have terminated pregnancies and said he had “met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision.”

Y’all, I’m kinda getting concerned.  Is the Pope Catholic?

Now I’m off to find a priest who will actually do this.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.