POPE FRANCIS AT ONE MONTH AS HOLY FATHER.............

As +Jorge Bergoglio arrives at the one month mark as Pope Francis today, he is being received with astounding numbers of favorability and approval.  The Pew Research Opinion Poll out this week finds that 84% of American Catholics and 57% of All Americans have a Positive view of Pope Francis as of now.  The approval ratings of American Catholics for Pope Benedict XVI, took until his 2007 visoyit to the United States to reach 83% and was 64-67% at his retirement.  Pope Francis is drawing high support for his humble, pastoral, outreach to all - Catholics, other Christians, Jews, Muslims, and Non Believers.  Also for his simple, straightforward, and personal manner, as well as his succinct and pertinent preaching.  As Holy Father during the first month of his Pontificate has borne the indication of reform and renewal for the Church in Rome and internationally.  His Holiness has made only one appointment to the Roman Curia during the past month of a Franciscan Friar, elevated to Archbishop by his appointment  as the Vatican's overseer of Religious Orders.  Pope Francis has yet to name his choice as Vatican Secretary of State, or any other senior appointments; until today when he announced appointment of a group of eight of the World's Bishops to a new Papal Advisory Group.  Among the newly named prelates to this new group is American Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, certainly a leading reformer bishop in the U.S. Hierarchy, when it comes to addressing theSexual Abuse of Minors, a topic that Pope Francis has begun to speak out on proactively during the initial month of his papal service as the Vicar of Christ.  Let Us Pray the wonderful start our new Supreme Pontiff has had will continue into the full length of his reign as the Universal Shepherd of all God's People in the Church and the World.............Fr.  Troy