(05-08-2025, 12:47 PM)English Rose Wrote: Thank you Joshua for the different time zones. More black smoke. It's nail biting!

(05-08-2025, 05:24 PM)Jericho Wrote: Yep. Pope Leo The 14th - An American Cardinal becoming pope

(05-08-2025, 05:42 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote:

(05-08-2025, 05:24 PM)Jericho Wrote: Yep. Pope Leo The 14th - An American Cardinal becoming pope

Interesting. He was not on the radar screen on any of the lists of "papabile" that I had seen. My sense is that he was a compromise candidate between "conservatives" and "progressives." From what I have read, he is perceived as a centrist, with generally conservative views on doctrine but some progressive stands on social issues. He is from the U.S. but as a bishop in Peru, he has a connection with the southern hemisphere. Leo XIII was one of the great popes, who strangely has not been canonized. He is considered the father of Catholic social teaching, which began with his 1891 encyclical "Rerum Novarum." So the new pope has picked a worthy namesake. I pray that Leo XiV will be a great unifier.

(05-08-2025, 05:42 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote:

(05-08-2025, 05:24 PM)Jericho Wrote: Yep. Pope Leo The 14th - An American Cardinal becoming pope

Interesting. He was not on the radar screen on any of the lists of "papabile" that I had seen. My sense is that he was a compromise candidate between "conservatives" and "progressives." From what I have read, he is perceived as a centrist, with generally conservative views on doctrine but some progressive stands on social issues. He is from the U.S. but as a bishop in Peru, he has a connection with the southern hemisphere. Leo XIII was one of the great popes, who strangely has not been canonized. He is considered the father of Catholic social teaching, which began with his 1891 encyclical "Rerum Novarum." So the new pope has picked a worthy namesake. I pray that Leo XiV will be a great unifier.

(05-08-2025, 05:42 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote:

(05-08-2025, 05:24 PM)Jericho Wrote: Yep. Pope Leo The 14th - An American Cardinal becoming pope

Interesting. He was not on the radar screen on any of the lists of "papabile" that I had seen. My sense is that he was a compromise candidate between "conservatives" and "progressives." From what I have read, he is perceived as a centrist, with generally conservative views on doctrine but some progressive stands on social issues. He is from the U.S. but as a bishop in Peru, he has a connection with the southern hemisphere. Leo XIII was one of the great popes, who strangely has not been canonized. He is considered the father of Catholic social teaching, which began with his 1891 encyclical "Rerum Novarum." So the new pope has picked a worthy namesake. I pray that Leo XiV will be a great unifier.

(05-09-2025, 05:48 PM)enchantmentadm Wrote: It is interesting to me how the election of Leo XIV parallels that of Pope John Paul II in 1978 (the year of three popes). Both were relatively unknown cardinals who were dark horse candidates who few, if any, expected to be elected pope. Neither was prominent on the international stage. Both were a surprise to most people. Also, they both came from countries, Poland and the U.S./Peru, which had never before given us a pope. Both came on the scene at opportune times in their respective countries.  John Paul II contributed to the collapse of communism. Perhaps Pope Leo will add balance on the issue of immigration and migrant rights in the U.S., although how this will play out remains to be seen.