“Why is it so special that a “man of God” would call and do his own business?”
It is unusual to see a global authority figure act like a regular guy. None of the bigshots in Hollywood cancel their own newspaper. Their personal assistant does it. The partners at fancy lawfirms have their secretaries do it. CEO’s have their administrative assistant take care of it. At that level of business, it is often a poor use of the big man’s time to take care of some tasks. So, it doesn’t mean he is holier than others if he cancels his own paper, necessarily. It means the prestige of having someone else do it doesn’t matter to him, as it does to some people. My only question is, when he gets really busy with stuff, will he be able to off-load the minor stuff to assistants and use his time well, or will he stick to a routine that doesn’t serve him well in the Papacy? I think he probably has better judgment than that, or he wouldn’t have been able to manage an archdiocese, but we’ll see.