Early days

 These are of course early days, but I am already suspecting that the College of Cardinals have been rather clever. They have elected a man who shares many of Pope Francis' views —which may well be a good thing — but not Francis' personality which could be, well, arbitrary, to use one word. I could use other words. From what I read, our new Pope Leo is by contrast eirenic, which is just what we need. A reconciler, someone who can pour oil on troubled waters, who will, God willing, right some egregious injustices. As a canon lawyer, I expect he will make sure that the law is obeyed, and not change it to use as a club to beat people he has gone off. As a curial cardinal for a few years, he will know some of the inner workings of the Roman Curia and will be able to sniff out where the bodies are buried. And, God willing, he will root out those abusers who have been hidden in the Vatican and protected. And if I'm allowed to ask for a cherry on the cake, he will continue the late Cardinal Pell's attempts to reform the finances of the Vatican. 

He has spoken against the ordination of women, saying that it would cause more problems than it might solve, and also has given no indication that he favours change on the Church's policy about LGBT matters

It would be nice if he were to repeal Traditiones Custodes, but I doubt he would do anything quite so dramatic. However, I do expect it to become a dead letter, quietly forgotten. It would be sensible to reappoint all the heads of the various dicasteries for now, but I hope that some of them at least will be quietly shuffled off into retirement soon and replaced by others.