Instead of employing the dyspeptic condemnations of “relativism,” “secularism,” “nihilism,” and other “-isms” that John Paul II and his successor Pope Benedict XVI used to rally their base, Francis has formulated a positive agenda focused on social justice. And, while rising global concern about income inequality has put some wind in Francis’s sails, his agenda has yet to make an impact on Catholic policymakers like Republican US Congressmen Paul Ryan and John Boehner or powerful figures in the Church.
首先，组织对积极日程的支持比通过反对推定敌手建立团结更难。方济各没有采用“相对主义”、“世俗主义”、“虚无主义”和其他若望·保禄二世及其继任者本笃十六世用来招徕支持者的各种其他“主义”，而是制定了专注于社会正义的积极日程。而尽管对收入不平等性的日益升级的全球担忧为方济各提供了一些推动力，但他的日程仍没有对天主教决策者（如美国国会议员保罗·莱恩（Paul Ryan）和约翰·博纳（John Boehner）或其他天主教要人）形成影响力。