Francis effect reaches Atlanta

[Uncle Wig]

Ted King wrote:
This is a question that may best be answered by Catholics here - do you think it was a deliberate decision on the part of the Cardinals that elected Francis to Pope to have the church move toward being more egalitarian and austere as it focuses more on giving service to people? Or do you think that many of the Cardinals are probably quite surprised at what Francis has done?

I think they are very surprised, and dismayed.

There is a good article about the Pope in a recent Rolling Stone. It's been suggested that the Vatican (especially the Bank) and Italian organized crime are so enmeshed, that Francis' life will be in danger if he tries to clean it up too much.