ness ▁and ▁beauty , ▁the ▁truth , ▁good ness ▁and ▁beauty ▁of ▁God . ▁They ▁are ▁our ▁val ued ▁al lies ▁in ▁the ▁commit ment ▁to ▁def ending ▁human ▁dign ity , ▁in ▁building ▁a ▁peace ful ▁co ex istence ▁between ▁pe op les ▁and ▁in ▁saf egu arding ▁and ▁car ing ▁for ▁creation ." ▁ ▁Some ▁at he ists ▁hoped ▁Francis ▁would ▁prove ▁to ▁be ▁progress ive ▁on ▁issues ▁like ▁pover ty ▁and ▁social ▁inequality , ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁more ▁ske pt ical ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁" inter ested ▁in ▁a ▁partners hip ▁of ▁equals ". ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Francis ▁said ▁all ▁who ▁do ▁good ▁can ▁be ▁re de emed ▁through ▁Jesus , ▁including ▁at he ists . ▁Francis ▁said ▁God ▁" has ▁re de emed ▁all ▁of ▁us , ▁all ▁of ▁us , ▁with ▁the ▁Blood ▁of ▁Christ : ▁all ▁of ▁us , ▁not ▁just ▁C athol ics . ▁Every one ! ▁Even ▁the ▁at he ists . ▁Every one !" ▁Am id ▁the ▁en su ant ▁controvers y , ▁Carl ▁E . ▁Ol son ▁said ▁Francis ' s ▁words ▁were ▁fundamental ▁Christian ▁teaching ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁Apost le ▁Paul ▁and ▁Fr . ▁D w ight ▁Long ene cker ▁wrote , ▁" Un fortunately ▁for ▁those ▁who ▁wish ▁to ▁paint ▁Pope ▁Francis ▁as ▁a ▁lov able ▁liberal , ▁in ▁fact , ▁the ▁Pope ▁is ▁simply ▁aff irm ing ▁certain ▁truth s ▁that ▁any ▁somewhat ▁know led gable ▁Catholic ▁will ▁u ph old ."