Kim Davis Met Secretly with Pope Francis

[Stranger in a strange land]

For now, at least, we have no idea what was said or even why the visit took place. Some conclusions are obvious, of course, but none of them tell us anything new.

That said, the expectations that some people have of Pope Francis are so out there relative to where the Church is that it's endearing. The idea of a belief system that sincerely opposes (certain forms of) social exclusion, environmental degradation, consumer culture, and so on while simultaneously barring women from positions of authority and rebuking gay marriage should not be so shocking. The contrast with the troglodytic, self-absorbed, sex-crazed style of religious conservatism that dominates cultural conversations in the United States is stark. Oh well.

Very true, and good point that Catholic Doctrine is an entirely different system of thought from the usual American Religious Conservatism. For me, the odd thing is that Kim Davis, an Apostolic Pentecostal, would want to meet Pope Francis. Someone of her theological orientation would be more likely to view the head of the Catholic Church as false prophet at best, and the actual Anti-Christ at worst.

[Stranger in a strange land]

What kind of respect would a Oneness Pentecostal have for the sitting Pope?

I figure most conservative Evangelicals in the U.S. couldn't give two cents to what Pope Francis had to say on anything; he wasted his time.  

For now, at least, we have no idea what was said or even why the visit took place. Some conclusions are obvious, of course, but none of them tell us anything new.

That said, the expectations that some people have of Pope Francis are so out there relative to where the Church is that it's endearing. The idea of a belief system that sincerely opposes (certain forms of) social exclusion, environmental degradation, consumer culture, and so on while simultaneously barring women from positions of authority and rebuking gay marriage should not be so shocking. The contrast with the troglodytic, self-absorbed, sex-crazed style of religious conservatism that dominates cultural conversations in the United States is stark. Oh well.

Very true, and good point that Catholic Doctrine is an entirely different system of thought from the usual American Religious Conservatism. For me, the odd thing is that Kim Davis, an Apostolic Pentecostal, would want to meet Pope Francis. Someone of her theological orientation would be more likely to view the head of the Catholic Church as false prophet at best, and the actual Anti-Christ at worst.

Your perception of evangelicalism is out of date. There has been a major shift in attitudes towards Catholicism since the sexual revolution.

The fringier Evangelicals are still Anti-Catholic, they're just less vocal about it.