There are two things that Pope Francis’s recent interview with 60 Minutes made clear: He is a complicated figure who cannot be easily boxed into a specific ideology, and the media likes to paint him as someone he is not.

The interview, which was conducted by Norah O’Donnell, is a fascinating window into the thinking of a man who has led the Catholic Church for more than a decade. But it also betrayed how little the media understands about the Catholic Church and seeks to project their desires for a more progressive church onto the pope.