Obviously as a lefty, I still disagree with him to say the least on several political points....but he's still the best thing to have happened to his Church in a long time. His charisma and positive energy does remind one of John Paul II, albeit he's more active on global economical inequality and climate change. Those two reasons are why the American right wing have suddenly become the very "Cafeteria Catholics" they loved to bash Democratic Catholics of being.

(Or whether they're unaware or not they've joined most of us who treat religion like a salad bar: We take what we like, leave the rest to wither away and get stale.)