This Pope has precisely ZERO influence with this Catholic.
But you are right, there are many who do listen to him.
It’s why I believe a schism where some of us break away has become inevitable.
I have a friend who is a die hard Catholic. We are planning a trip to Italy in September now and hubby asked me if she was going to get down on her knees and crawl into the Vatican. So friend and I are at dinner last night and I told her what hubby said and she says...not with this Pope. And we laughed.