Curiously enough, though, the Pope is very autocratic - not to mention vindictive and sneaky - in his actions. What he’s doing is devaluing the institution of the Papacy, that’s true, but he’s also making it more focused on the personality of the person who holds it (as long as he’s Pope, at least). He’s creating a sort of populist cult around himself.
He has essentially taken the Curia out of the game and seems to be heading for less participation rather than more, while at the same time relying on unofficial and unaccountable “advisers” that he has brought to Rome, some of them from Argentina. The latter country is hardly a good model for the rest of the Church, btw.
Those who call him the Obama of the Catholic Church are on target, not only with respect to his opinions, but with respect to his modus operandi.
Francis is to the Church what Obama is to U.S. They are iconoclasts as determined to destroy the status quo as is ISIS to destroy western civilization.