I’m English living in rural France, not Argentinian, but there are traditionalists who have experience of Cardinal Bergoglio as their Ordinary.
It’s pretty hard. Comments would be welcome from anyone who has experience of life in South America or Argentina.
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The Blue Flower 
I do know that this may sound unkind, but perhaps Rome has indeed elected its own male version of Ms Schori? (Herself a convert to Anglicanism from Romanism).
Well, I read the link and some of the comments, to get the gist. All I can say is, predictable from that quarter. They’ve only succeeded in casting him in a positive light, for me at least! Apparently, for these particular traditionalists, the Holy Spirit, to Whom they pray for intervention, only does so when the results are happy. I wonder if it has ever occurred to them that the imperfection of every single human, including papal candidates, necessitates constant adjustments and emphases by God in different directions at different times? That is, if God intervenes in any way we can confidently understand. We may have to develop our ability or our readiness to read the hieroglyphics, so to speak, to see possibilities in all things, I think.
I agree with you about those comments on Rorate Caeli. They want a reincarnation of Pius X and a kind of “Catholic Taliban”. They’re not going to get it, and they will not get legitimacy from the new Pope. We need to open our horizons and just carry on as we are, just trying to do better with God and overcome our sins.
The Holy Spirit has started what has to run its course – we must all pray for a good and righteous outcome in this Pope, and his guidance of the Church which affects us all at some time.
For every person that thinks ill of someone, there is another who can point to the good in that person.
I very much like his stance on the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes, and the fact that we may see a further development in the Catholic Church and its positive approach to Anglicans – not necessarily from the Ordinariate viewpoint.
We need a complete change of worldview, and I think the liberal Anglicans and the Anglo-Papalists might find themselves on a sawn-off branch, but I can see an alliance forming between Southern Cone Anglicans and the Franciscan Papacy. I am personally not at ease with that kind of loud, brash and exuberant religion, but I don’t matter. There have always been Christian “ways” more or less inspired by monasticism. They don’t make any noise!
I see a good side that can only be revealed over the years. If Pope Francis can really do something about the corruption in the Vatican and the “paedophile protectors”, that is the priority. Otherwise it is “good night, Christianity” and the secular world can just dismiss us all as hypocrites who don’t even believe in our own creed.
There are many positive things to look through – through the long and hard Lent of this 21st century. Let there be no more pressure for people to “swim the Tiber” or any other euphemism. People need to stay where they are happy, knowing that we “have but a short time to live” and we can only do so much.
Our big question now is – what we believe in…
I have very, very, very mixed feelings.
On one hand, his biography and the open rejoycing of Hans Kung and Mahony (who proclaims to be litteraly “extatic” for the election) makes me feel in line with some comments on Rorate Caeli.
On the other hand (and I share something very private with you all), yesterday evening, while we were watching the proclamation on TV, my elder children (4yo) started autonomously to say the Our Father along with the Pope, while continuing to play with his toys. It has been the first time in his life he was praying without being requested of (usually we say some simple prayer together before bedtime). I think that if God wanted to send a message to me, he probably couldn’t have chosen a better way.
Please pray for my family and for our faith.