Leo XIVth! Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago. Seems doctrinally conservative, socially sympathetic to the teaching of the last Leo. Hopefully, he'll quickly canonise Leo XIII.
This is beyond coincidence. VP Vance last one to speak to PF, then the next Pope is American. Leo the XIV. So much is going to happen. This might be why Parolin's blood pressure went up.
An American was not really on our bingo cards. Major curve ball. I honestly don't know much about him.
He plays to the “conservative” side with his dress and rhetoric but this is a devoted follower of all the worst errors of Pope Francis.
I will give him a chance. Lots of good initial signs. I think Trump played a huge role in this somehow. Remember how he posted an image of himself as Pope? No one expected to get an American Pope. Also, congratulations to the US. It truly is looking like a golden age has begun. Pope Leo XIII was the one who had the vision of smoke entering the church. Pope Leo XIV seems to be a possible finalization to that. Maybe this new Pope was holy smoke, a counter insurgent among compromised cardinals.
