This new guy, Pope Francis, is really starting to shake things up. Unlike some previous popes who I won't mention by name Francis is addressing real issues, things like climate change, economic injustice, and the sexual abuse scandals that have been the long ignored elephants at the Vatican for centuries. Gary Wills is optimistic that Pope Francis will have a very positive impact. Wills is our leading scholar of things Catholic and his prose is direct, pithy, and clear.
Unfortunately the phone in his hotel must have been a cheap one because the sound quality on this interview was fairly atrocious and impossible for us to fix. If you are patient and tolerant of these aural issues you will be rewarded. Wills is an amazing thinker and speaker.
