The funny thing is , people who talk about how ' morality is not black and white ' usually have a very particular set of morals in mind which they think it ' s acceptable or even correct to buck and resist . But then people move on and start bucking other morals that weren ' t intended to be part of the ' it ' s not all black and white ! ' mix . A bit like how Francis ' fans talk up how important it is to question authority at times , to shake things up . Then when Francis ' authority is questioned , when some cardinals and even priests shake things up against Francis ' admonitions , then suddenly these breaches of protocolastheyknowit are utterly unacceptable . I suspect , more and more , the first ' black and white ' bit of morality that ' s going to melt into grey is one shouldn ' t stand up to the Pope , certainly not in public among clergy and Catholics alike . The ' I love this Pope so much viva la papa ohhh papa papa ! !!' crowd tends to be unenthusiastic about every other area of the Church , including things like ' attendance '.