Pope Francis and the 'lefties'

In the controversy over the appointment of the Chilean bishop Juan Barros the NCR reports that Pope Francis referred to 'lefties' in his support of the Barros appointment.

Not impressive. Or is it simply that deep at its core the Catholic Church is a chronic right-wing organisation?

Below is a quote from the NCR report.

“[The diocese] lost its independence once it let its head be filled with what politicians say, who are judging a bishop without any evidence, even after 20 years as bishop,” Francis said in the May 6 recording, before a group of Chilean Catholics in Rome who asked the pope to send a message to those in Osorno disappointed by the arrival of Barros. “Think with your heads and do not be led by the noses by the lefties who orchestrated this whole thing,” he said in Spanish, as translated by NCR.