While we are still in the early days of the papacy of Pope Francis, the reports, accounts, stories and insights continue to pour into the “newsverse.”  I thought it might be helpful to have a summary of some of the ones I have seen that I think are helpful.

• Five tests of whether Pope Francis’ reform of the Vatican could be real by John Allen (March 22, 2013)
• Debunking three ‘urban legends’ about Pope Francis by John Allen (March 24, 2013)
• How long will the honeymoon over Pope Francis last? By David GiBson (March 23, 2013)
• CNN Poll: American Catholics approve of new pope
• Why Francis may like having Benedict around by John Allen (March 23, 2013)

There are lots of others posts available out there – one only needs to query.  And while 88% of American Catholics are currently happy to extremely happy with his election, that still leaves 12% who are not – and some of their blogs are scathing. But I will leave you to find them

And for the history of Jorge Mario Bergoglio in graphic form, you can look here.