This could be a moment of uproar against the catholic church but it's a moment of dutiful obedience.
That even progressive voices feel obligated to voice ambiguous praise for a not-as-terrible-pope says little about how okay-ish the pope was and a lot about how afraid we are to speak truth to this violent and oppressive institution (and the far-right alliances it is part of).
This is not respect. It's fear of being outside public expectations.
