It seems that nothing is ever quite the right fit for Francis. Those who knew him in Buenos Aires affirm that, even as Archbishop, he never resigned himself to merely tending to the flock confided to his care. Convinced of being the privileged vessel of a kind of irresistible charism, capable of resolving any and every problem, he not only strove for firm control of the Argentinean Church according to his own ideology, but also involved himself in problems belonging to the most varied ambits. Between efforts to attract other confessions to his mysterious pan-ecumenical polyhedron project, – without proselytism, of course! – and his forays into the intricate meanders of national politics, his activity assumed an altogether novel scope.Continue Reading