Pope Notes

[poliphilo]

 Not the first American Pope (Francis was that) but the first from the USA.

He chose his name in homage to Leo XIII- who was known as a reformer, as left-wing as any Pope is ever likely to be- and for promoting the Rosary and the cult of the Virgin Mary.

(Has his election something to do with him being anti-Trump and anti-Vance?}

His record on child sex abuse is questionable.

Comments

[cmcmck]

His record on LGBT is also dodgy it seems.

[poliphilo]

Goes with the territory....

[wantedonvoyage]

Yup, at the end of the day, still a Catholic and I think--especially given he's far to the left of most of the church--little will change. But if he wants to keep trolling my country's government, I'm here for it.

[poliphilo]

I've just finished reading an article by Colm Tobin in which he advises Leo to exert strict discipline over Catholic conservatives but to avoid making controversial statements.