I'm not American so I don't really have any investment personally in any of that.

However, I am a Catholic and I can't wait for Francis to rid us of the ultra-conservatives. I hope he does it starting with Burke. These traditionalists have made a mockery of the Church and turned it into a freak show. He should not waste this opportunity. Then the Church can stop selling its soul for power, prestige and wealth and get back to a gospel of kindness, compassion and sharing.

On top of that we can finally drop the legalism and the anti-Kingdom focus on the letter of the law. I hope Francis fills the college of Cardinals with Servants rather than Princes who will change the face of the church and the world for ever.

Then perhaps conservatives in America might see that their ideology has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity and that the recent affront to the term 'election', will never happen again.