According to a CNN correspondent in Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I, took political issue with the Argentine government on abortion and same sex marriage, but had been known for not taking a hard position on human rights violations. (Conservative, cautious).
As bishop of Buenos Aires, he was pastoral, approachable, modest, lived in a small
apartment rather than in a bishop’s palace, took public transportation rather than abishop’s limousine and cooked his own meals. (Simple, austere).
In his first appearance as Pope Francis I he asked the assembled crowd to pray
for Pope Benedict XVI before he led the crowd in praying the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be, then he asked the crowd to bless him before he blessed them. (Considerate, humble).
His choice of papal name was Francis, which could be in honor of either St. Francis
of Assisi or St. Francis Xavier, or both. (Clever). — Carlos Borromeo