I agree!  I'm praying that Francis lives long enough, and in good health, so that he can continue the important work he has begun both in the College of Cardinals and in the College of Bishops.  One of the ironies of the papacy of Pope John Paul II is that the more he depended upon and wielded institutional power to impose his will on the church, the faster his evangelical authority eroded.  Popes retain significant institutional power, but their authority -- their credibility, their capacity for influencing the People of God -- has changed.  Francis is loved and admired around the world not because of the power of his office but because of the evidence in his life and teaching that he is deeply rooted in Scripture and in love for God and God's people. His efforts to renew the College of Cardinals and the College of Bishops are accompanied by his effort to restore collegiality and synodality in church governance.  That is the great unfinished work of Vatican II.