Dear Reader: God Speed, Pope Francis

Dear Reader: God Speed, Pope Francis

When Pope Francis was elected in March of 2013, I volunteered to write St. Anthony Messenger’s first article about our new pontiff. With all due respect, I never quite warmed to his predecessor. But in him taking the name Francis, I knew I had found the pope of my dreams.  As Shakespeare once asked, “What’s in a name?” As Francis illustrated throughout his papacy, it means a lot. “Some people want to know why I wished to be called Francis,” he s…