[NYer]

Rosa has kept going to back to St. Pius, encouraged by what she's seen of the pope: from the simple white robe he wears to his rejection of the opulent papal apartment in favor of a spartan guest house.

"He's not letting himself be controlled by the rest of the church," Rosa said. "He's his own man."

So, it's all about physical appearances and not about the actual truths taught.

[BlessedBeGod]

They act like he’s the first pope who’s Catholic.

[cloudmountain]

Rosa hasn't got a clue.
Pope Francis WILL eventually do SOMETHING that ticks off Rosa and THAT will be her current/latest excuse for "leaving the Church " again.

There is NO SUCH THING as "leaving the Church." Baptism is FOREVER and Rosa CONVENIENTLY forgot that. She ain't foolin' me. She is a Catholic in the DEEP denial of sin. The Evil One sold her a bill of goods.

[Tax-chick]

People have to start somewhere. Maybe many (even if not this woman) will go from admiring Pope Francis’s “accidentals” to paying attention to what he says.

My pastor is still “recycling” his sermons, as of last Sunday ;-).

[Mrs. Don-o]

Yeah, of course it all seems superficial, but I wouldn't discount that the Holy Spirit is working here. How do you do a journey of 1,000 miles? One step at a time. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

How do you enter deep, deep, deep into Christ's Catholic Church? Honey, sub specie aeternatis, we're all in the kiddie pool here.

[ardara]

We cannot downplay Francis’s humility and being a servant.These are two of the biggest weaknesses of the clergy in my area of the country.The US clergy can learn a lot from the foreign clergy in these areas.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

So, it's all about physical appearances and not about the actual truths taught.

In conversions (or reversions), you have to deal with people where they are. It can be a long, slow, frustrating process, and it may not even be successful. But success isn't our job.

Her reversion seems superficial, but... it's a starting point.