"For me, one of the most difficult parts of the Francis pontificate was that I often felt that the pope didn’t know me, didn’t understand people like me, and at bottom didn’t like people like me — or even on occasion, I was given to understand, specifically me.
After St. John Paul II and Benedict, both of whom I felt a deep filial affection for, this was hard.
Pope Leo, however, is already different.
Sure he is an American pope, but that’s not what I mean...
...What many will hope for, though, is that the first canonist pope since St. Paul VI will see the virtue of coherence — legal and doctrinal — in the life of the Church.
Too many of Francis’ intentions and actions became clouded by contradiction and confusion and, whatever anyone might think about his general direction of travel, that incoherence appeared to undermine both the stability and communion of the Church and with it the credibility of her witness.
We’re all waiting to see what kind of pope Leo wants to be."- from Ed Condon's ponderings
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