As a catechist, if a child were to ask me," Did Jesus really rise from the dead?", I think it would be extremely uncharitable for me to ignore the question or  multiply my words such that the child's perception of the answer could be "maybe or maybe not".   Why does Pope Francis not answer?  Why silence?   If I, as a catechist, were to handle questions with silence or obfuscation it would be a serious dereliction of my duty.  What could possible be my motive?  Either my faith is very weak or I am poorly catechized and I should not be in a teaching position in the first place.  Or, and worse, either I know I'm teaching something contrary and I want to do it on the down low because I'm afraid, or I'm teaching the truth and I want to do it on the down low because I'm afraid.   Obviously Pope Francis is not poorly catechized or of weak faith.  So why this tact that seems to say he is afraid?  The only other option is that he does not care to answer.  I don't want to think he does not care.