Gerald Posner on Pope Francis and Kim Davis. No surprise.

So many are surprises that Pope Francis met with Kim Davis.

In God’s Bankers I wrote that Francis was essentially a Rorschach ink blot, people saw in him what they wanted.  Or maybe what they hoped.  I wrote that his “difference in style instilled in many a belief that a change in substance was imminent.”  

And once he became Pope, Francis deliberately toned down the reactionary language that was often his trademark while he was the cardinal of Buenos Aires. 

For those who know Francis, his embrace of Kim Davis, or his refusal to reply to my Washington Post OpEd calling on him to free the church's much contested World War II files, is not unexpected.  Just disappointing. 

Here is what I wrote about him in Chapter 42, “The People’s Pope,” of God's Bankers:

"The best politicians realize there is a natural charisma, a chemistry of sorts, that allows a handful of them to connect with people in a way about which most can only dream. Despite shortcomings on promises and a failure to meet expecta…