text: Your first paragraph is most likely true for a lot of centrist/progressives.  Pope Francis is no savior and won't ever be one.  Partly that's Gospel in that there is supposed to be only one Savior.  On the other hand, the conservatives continue to hide behind EPBenedict as if he is some kind of Savior.  That should have been nipped up the bud when he retired from the papacy, which may have been part of his intent.  It didn't work.
  
  Catholics need to grow up across the board.  The truth is most likely way beyond what any of us want to hear.  It may be time to listen to the spiritual traditions that are older than Christianity and continuous for a much longer period of human history. If tradition means as much as some Catholics seem to thing, there are other spiritualities with a much longer tradition.