I had to send you this article about Francis’s reaction last week to the election.

Rather than what he apparently did say, “I do not make judgments on people and political men, I only want to understand what suffering their behavior causes to the poor and the excluded,” wouldn’t it be marvelous to have a Pope who said something like, “I do not make judgments on people and political men, I only want to understand how their behavior affects the souls of God’s children.”