“I have very little optimism about about him being as pope. But I have no concern whatsoever that he’s going to change the character of the Catholic Church. 2000 years, you know, when you’ve had some of the worst scoundrels known to man as pope and they didn’t change and they didn’t corrupt the church, he’s not going to.
“Nothing wrong with his opening. It was fine. But then he sort of transitions into talking about Francis and thanking Francis and then concludes with synodality. And I mean, these are all buzzwords of the left.
“And again, no outreach from someone who clearly is going to be perceived as someone who is — and he even noted himself by including Francis in his speech — who’s going to be in a sense a successor to Francis, to do nothing to include those who have concerns about how Francis governed, I think is — was not a good move on his part to bring the church together.” – Ex-senator and presidential candidate Rick “Frothy Mix” Santorum, on Newsmax.