Look I'll give him this much. His first action (more or less) the day after he was elected was to go back to his hotel, personally collect his stuff and pay his bill, and thank the staff there for looking after him. This may not seem like much, but it's something he could have had a flunky do, and he did it himself. He says he wants to be a "man of the people", so I think that's a good way to start.
Mind you, now they're saying he didn't stand up to the Junta in Argentina when he was bishop there or something. Always some negative to balance out the positive, and anyway, what pope ever stood up to any dictator? Think John XXIII or whoever stood up to Hitler in World War 2? Nah..
I have to laugh though at Irish news: "still no word on a papal visit to Ireland" --- Jesus the guy has been pope three days and they're already expecting him to come to Ireland!!!
