To say that I am deeply and profoundly disappointed is a gross understatement.
The Church has survived “disappointing” popes in the past. I am confident, the Lord tarrying, that She will survive this one.
But I fear it will take decades to bring order back to his chaos: consider how long it took for the Church to recover from Leo X.
After JPII just about anyone would be a let-down. But, as an outsider, let me say that I was very impressed with him. I'm not impressed with Francis at all. I've held back after all his foibles in the press, hoping it was just translation error.
But Francis' failing even to mention abortion or the massacre of Christians is beyond my ability to process.