text: Who he appoints as cardinals is, by far, the most important aspect of Francis' legacy. It took the Church centuries to shake the strangle-hold Italy had on the papacy, and it was largely the increased number of cardinals from the western hemisphere that allowed that to happen. Now we are taking it to the next level and expanding the college to include more electors from the developing world. I doubt we'll ever see a Euro-centric papacy again.
  
  These new additions are a mixed bag in terms of the usual "conservative/liberal" metric, but they seem to be of common mind on the issue of solidarity with the poor and marginalized. What Catholicism will look like in 100 years is anybody's guess, but my sense is that we are moving toward that "poor Church for the poor" which Francis wants. Bring it on.