My husband and I were in the waiting room of Baylor Hospital’s Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas. It was Wednesday afternoon, March 13, 2013.

The huge space was filled to the brim with very sick people, all sitting, some slumped over, with their caregivers by their side. Everyone was there to get the latest reports of health from their oncologist.

In this waiting room were several large 60” television sets mounted high on the wall, every 30 feet, for all to enjoy. Each set had the sound turned off and English captions were turned on. The channel was Fox News and they were airing the Conclave of Cardinals from Rome, Italy, gathered to elect a new Pope.

There were hundreds of thousands of Catholics seen holding a vigil outside, in the cold weather, crowded together in St. Peter’s Basilica piazza. Then we saw the long-awaited white-hot smoke bellow up into the cold air from the Sistine Chapel. The crowd roared with joy. A new Pope had been elected. Habemus Papam.

No one except Mitch and I seemed to be watching the historic event, the event that would set off scandalous changes in the faith of millions of Catholics worldwide. Patients were dozing off for a nap in their chairs pushed too close together to be comfortable. Others suffering were sending messages from their phones. No one cared about a new Pope.

Several minutes later, Cd. Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina walked out onto the Logia dressed plainly in white Dominican priestly day vestments and a small white Zucchetto [skull cap] tilted nonchalantly on the back of his head. He took the name of Francis.

Where was the traditional regalia of the papal mantua or cope, and where was the papal mitre? Missing also was the usual joy and happy greeting on the faces of all new Popes. Pope Francis chose instead to stand on the balcony edge, glaring down at the massive audience, as if fools were below.

I asked Mitch why this Pope did not smile or wave. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI could not hide their great happiness and spoke warm greetings of hope to the faithful. Mitch said, “Oh, dear, this will not be a good papacy.”

It was appropriate that the first time we saw this man's face, Bergoglio, it was in the waiting room among many sick souls seeking healing and hope. We felt uneasy, not from cancer, but from the faith of millions who would be affected herein.

Since March 13, 2013, I have sorrowfully watched too many Catholics walk away from their faith, scandalized by the heresy coming from this Pope’s regime. In charity, I continue to pray for Pope Francis’ soul.