http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2014/12/22/pope-francis-risky-lovehate-relationship-with-the-vatican/
“I have to say, I didn’t feel great walking out of that room today,” one senior Vatican official said, who had been in the Vatican’s Sala Clementina for the speech and who spoke on the condition he not be identified. “I understand that the pope wants us to live up to our ideals, but you wonder sometimes if he has anything positive to say about us at all,” the official said, who’s been in Vatican service for more than two decades. For the record, this was an official who describes himself as an “enthusiast” over the direction being set by Pope Francis.
He does let himself go, doesn’t he?
Blithe Spirit 