Francis seems to "walk the walk" much more than other authorities in the church, and in short be more like Jesus, which seems to have been lost in many quarters, perhaps even generations. I owe the Catholic church neither my loyalty nor my obedience, and have this opinion based on what Francis has actually done and said as Pope.
This is a cliched, heavily cliched, view which I'm just tired of encountering, I do think that Francis is a typical Jesuit, and maybe that could be what you are saying, however, many of his views are simply temporal or worldly moralism, which is fine, good even, but its not really, nor could I at this point in my reading and religious reflection, say is much more than precisely that.
If I thought all that was needed to be a leader of the church was to be pseudo-liberal or have a positive view of social justice then there would be more people qualified for religious leadership than not, you could even switch or change the Dali Lama for the Pope and it would mean or make little difference, you know?
To be honest, I find the way in which public opinion, particularly liberal opinion, towards the RCC has changed in response to Pope Francis has not particularly impressed me, it actually has made me think just how easy it would be for people with totally opposing value matrices to popularise themselves with people simply by choosing the right words, poses and public relations.