THE POOR SICK POPE!
He's never had sex with a woman!
There is no way that he or any of the other philosophically self neutered holy Eunuchs in his Vatican can possibly relate to human emotional normality.
Sex is the primary biological imperative of our species and all it's related feelings, pheromones, and even complete consciousness itself, is way beyond these seriously degraded men.
This is reflected in their worldview about woman and their place in the cosmos and in society.
