I think we have a huge cultural gulf between a highly disciplined German scholarly mind, a theological Einstein in Benedict XVI, and a former top ranked curia member, and a pastoral mindset of Francis from Latin America free from the constraints of rigorous intellectualism but instead given to loquaciousness and off the cuff remarks. There are benefits and drawbacks in both approaches.
He talks so much. Every day, reams and reams of chatter. So off-putting in a Pope. But unlike Obama-voter and lover, Kathleen Parker, I’m an introvert.