Pope Francis might not be clear to the "black & white" crowd (yet somehow I think they find him to be overwhelmingly clear) ... since the calculating mind demands easy answers to difficult questions! Pope Francis is quite happy to admit to having more questions than answers. But his intentions are abundantly clear. To the contemplative mind, he is very much Pope Francis the Clear. Though I much prefer Pope Francis the Merciful. For far too long now the neo-conservative elements have insisted on setting the narrative ... and now that we have a pontiff whose narrative is too Christ-like to appeal to them, they descend into a huff. There is a very good reason that Jesus so often dealt with the b&w crowd by using parables ... ponder upon it.