As the essay says, it's really too early to form an opinion. His choice of Papal name is encouraging, but his background in Chicago and Villanova is worrying.
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From Rorate Cæli
It's too soon.
On the one hand... he is a creature of the Church of Chicago and liberal Villanova University, and the very liberal Catholic Theological Union (even more liberal when he was a student there, in the feverish 1970s); he has a long life living in the Liberation Theology-filled rural expanses of Peru; on the other, he is a Doctor of Canon Law, after a period in which it was destroyed by arbitrariness.
We are encouraged by his choice of name, by his reasonable opening message, and by his use of the papal mozzetta -- they are all signs of true humility, not the feigned humility of the past few years. We dread the future, we just want peace. Will peace come?...
The Roman Pontiff received a SPECIAL GRACE upon his acceptance. As any grace given my God, it demands a true and humble acceptance by the recipient for full development. We earnestly pray that the new Pope will live it fully.
We just hope that the grave scandals of the Church in the United States, in Peru, and any past scandals of the Order of Saint Augustine, do not taint him.
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