He was 86 and in poor health. Though I’m not Catholic, Benedict kept the conservative tone of the church. Francis, I’m not so sure.
Francis tries to be good-hearted, but he’s not as well learned about the follies of liberalism as Benedict was.
I think he did better — more in his element — when he said dogs all go to heaven, then when he pushed for a nebulous somebody to help the poor without saying who those somebodies should be, or in what manner they should help. A lot rides on those details.