Something Only For The Open-Minded

In life, it means something—not everything, but something—when you walk the talk. Francis electrifies non-Christians like me because so much of what he says seems to be concerned above all with getting the theological fine print out of the way, of putting the deed before the word, of "[going] with Christ to the peripheries." That means the shanty towns, the hospices, the refugee camps, the juvenile prisons.