Francis is also an economic leftist.
At some point conservative Catholics are going to have to admit that this pope is basically a flaming liberal.
He's a South American Jesuit, those people have spelled bad news for a very long time. John Paul II spent a great deal of time trying to reign them in. Now one is actually Pope.
http://tinyurl.com/bergoglio-liberation-theology
That should make a difference, shouldn't it?