The choice of the name Francis brings to mind St. Francis of Assisi.  If he has the qualities of St. Francis, he will be concerned about people.  If we put his election in American political terms, I think it says he is not an insider, not from "inside the Beltway."  As a non-European, he will have a different point of view.  I am impressed that the first impression I have of him is that he is a man of prayer.  I write all this as a non-Catholic.