Rodricks: New pope is inspiring signal to jaded U.S. Catholics

Francis blends conservative doctrine with Jesuit ideal of service

Be still, my somewhat jaded American Catholic heart: A Jesuit? A Jesuit from Argentina who, as archbishop then cardinal, eschewed the chauffeur-driven limousine for the public buses of Buenos Aires? A Jesuit devoted to social justice and to helping the poor?

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