Making Sense of Pope Francis

â??Who can figure this pope out?â? was the question raised by friends at a recent lunch. The nine of us spent a lot of time voicing fear, concern, confusion, and speculating about what he is up to. (And as mothers to a collective 62 children, we had to discuss the popeâ??s â??rabbitâ? quote.) A quick look around the blogosphere makes it clear we are not the only ones having this discussion.

Pope Francis is quite a mystery. After the long pontificate of John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI was a familiar successor. We knew who he wasâ??or at least a little bit, if not his whole life story. And though Benedict brought his own ideas to the papacy, widespread confusion about the future of the Church didnâ??t set in.

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