Why?
Besides this Pope at least, via his parents were Italian so he does have a western heritage.
Maybe you forget that it was God who guided the cardinals to elect Pope Francis who is needed at a time when the Gospel of Jesus not only has to be preached, but lived out?
“Maybe you forget that it was God who guided the cardinals to elect Pope Francis who is needed at a time when the Gospel of Jesus not only has to be preached, but lived out?”
I’m sure Pope Francis will be a very decent Pope. I hope he doesn’t give undue emphasis to “social justice” if it means redistribution of the wealth in the socialist definition of the words. I would prefer it was still Pope Benedict XVI. I liked his philosophy and approach as Pope. But that isn’t to be, so Pope Francis it is. I wish him a long and happy period as Pope. I think all the recent Popes have not only preached but also practiced what they preached.