05-08-2025, 11:41 PM
(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.
Yes. It is needed. When I converted and entered the threshhold of the Catholic Church, I expected everyone to be essentially on the same page. Instead it is more of a bar fight. So God bless Leo XIV, and give him the graces to succeed.
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