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Of course, if assassins were a socially acceptable profession and a high-profile assassin killed someone, it would not be appropriate to call the assassin out for doing his job; rather, one should question the wisdom of allowing assassins in the first place. If you've got a problem with the Church, then "The Pope should not have done his job" is an inappropriate way to make that complaint.
It wouldn't be beyond the scope of the job of the Pope to choose less harmful doctrines to concentrate on. For instance, instead of concentrating on the evils of condom use, he could encourage charitable giving, which (while less uniquely Catholic) is something that the church approves of.
It really isn't something that he's concentrated on, just something the press went on about a lot. On the Africa trip, he was answering written questions from reporters, so it's not like he brought it up out of nowhere. Also, it's something the Church gets criticized for, so it was appropriate for the Church to recently re-evaluate their position on it.
The Pope has certainly come out and encouraged charitable giving, without any reporters pestering him about it.