Agreed. I’ve finally made peace with my strategy for dealing with Pope Francis.
(1) Don’t be an ultramontanist and discourage it in others
(2) Learn and explain to others what papal infallibility really means
(3) Concentrate on personal holiness - the only sphere of control one has
(4) Do penance and pray, pray, pray - especially for holy wisdom for +++Francis.
The overwhelming - and most understandable - reaction with all of this is toward feelings of discouragement, but we must fight it. Our responsibility is to lead a holy life and to witness to the Truth, each according to our capacity. Let us not lay our arms down, but let this motivate us to do spiritual battle.
A theologian's job is to listen to and understand what God has already said, and then explain it.
"Listening to ordinary people" isn't really in the job description, at least as far as the "what" of theology is concerned. Maybe in regard to the "how," but that's it.