Pope Francis set an example of Christian concern for the marginalized of all kinds

He became known as a different kind of leader from first days of his papacy

Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in May 2013. Photo by Edgar Jiménez; Creative Commons license via Wikimedia.

If Pope Francis is remembered for one line, it will be his response to a journalist who asked him about gay priests in 2013, early in his reign as the head of the Catholic Church:

If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to j…