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I mean... I appreciate the British dysfunction that leads to the concept of "BBC talk", but our local commentators just... you know, say things.
The read that he's on Francis' wavelengths but perhaps less of a reformist isn't entirely out of sync with the first summaries I saw around here, but this is the Catholic Church we're talking about, that's waaaay to the left of the spectrum people were playing with.
Again, we can't know what he'll do or the effects it'll have, but at the very least this was not a win for the counter-reformist cryptofascist wing that was trying to U-turn the whole thing.
EDIT: For the record, from local headlines:
"A profile on Francis' wavelenght" "One of Francis' trusted men" "An anti-Trump missionary" "Concerned with social justice but more conservative than Francis"
I think those play without the translation layer.
You can't make a U-turn till you start turning the wheel. This is a turn. A moderate is a turn. Well Catholic moderate. You ain't still going straight on the same road. Whether his turn is the beginning of a wider turn or just a squiggle we can't know yet, but it ain't continuation is my point. And here's the thing about the counter reformists, this is a victory for them. When it's less reform it's a victory.