On the Media: The Pope Is Not a Politician

Physical: 

The Pope Francis visited our country this week. Kind of cool seeing how he has only visited a 3 different continents, including our own.

Social:

The Pope is being characterized as a politician. Why? Who the crap knows. People are comparing the Pope and Trump, putting him on a side for voting, and giving him approval ratings. Multiple politicians are commenting about his visit and his beliefs and trying to back their own statements up by putting the Pope's beliefs down.
I cannot believe that people are making such a big deal about what the Pope stated while he was here. He was simply here to share his belief, not to promote politics. He came to talk about what he thinks is ethical and right in his eyes, not to tell people what they should do or who they should vote for.

Psychological:

So the Pope came. Awesome. But as the Americans we have become today....instead of listening to his teachings and trying to keep an open-eye towards his beliefs, we are taking his visit offensively. Like Bob mentions, The Atlantic newspaper states "the pope doesn't care", and we aren't realizing it, and well, obviously the politicians aren't either. 
Instead we've decided to spread rumors about what side the Pope is really on, Republican or Democrat, Hero or Villain (like Bob says). Which is absolutely ridiculous! If the Pope would've visited our country 50 years ago, he would've got a standing ovation and the people of America would've been writing in the newspapers about how the Pope has changed the lives of many Americans.

Culture:

Unfortunately we live in a generation where, when someone states an opinion or belief, they must be placed in a political category afterwards. Like Bob mentions, "For God's sake it's not always about you." We have become so selfish with ourselves and we say things without even thinking. Or maybe we are thinking and we're really just that close-minded, ugh. 

There are a lot of things we could do to change this, but the first thing is starting with ourselves. We have to begin with our own voice before we're going to change anybody else's.

Temporal Context:

People are taking his words out of context and putting them into a politicians mouth and looking at it from that point of view. Aka, the Pope is either telling the truth or he's lying. I love that he took the time out of his busy schedule to come and visit and speak about the things that matter to him, but I'm embarrassed at what we are doing to his visit. He doesn't sit at home and watch the polls, he doesn't care what we think about him (and he shouldn't), so why do we care so much about whether or not his beliefs are the same as ours?
I've come to the conclusion that, there are some people out there who only care about themselves and will say anything to make sure people like them. I've kind of always known this, but it's hard to put into words without sounding like a total jerk.