Long live Pope Leo XIV! The grace of the office of the Successor of Saint Peter will kick in and already has done so.
God love our new pope and God bless His Holiness abundantly!
He is going to be a true pontiff, a bridge builder in the divisive times we live in the Church and all the acrimony there is and has been even on this blog.
He will be clear about the ambiguities we have lived. He will be clear about synodality that will continue but guided by canon law and never denigrating the College of Bishops by clericalizing the laity.
He has shown this already by wearing and impeccability I might add, the papal regalia of French cuffs, cuff links, Mozzetta and papal stole. I predict he will live in the Apostolic Palace and not the Vatican Motel VI.
Another powerful sign is that he read his talk from the loggia with notes! He held his notes in a very conspicuous way too! He will be measured in what he says and how he says it. There won’t be a magisterium of off-the-cuff remarks from this pope.
His papacy will not be based on footnotes.
Pope Leo XIV is a DOCTOR OF THE LAW! He has a doctorate in Canon Law. He does not disdain nor will be contravene the Canon Law of the Church!
Time will tell. But traditional Catholics must become orthodox Traditional Catholic, loving and respecting the pope, especially now with Pope Leo XIV!
8 comments:
Agree.
He needs time. Whatever proclivities he's arriving with, the needs of ALL the faithful must be considered. Perhaps the gravity of his universal role will reshape his attitudes, and therefore his leadership and associated decision making. Im hopeful that calls for unity won't be either empty, or selective.
While externals outside of liturgy have a more limited level of importance, the way in which he presented himself was reassuring.
My unsolicited take is that it could be better, could be worse. I see reasons for cautious optimism (the long-term, of course, being very optimistic given Christ's victory over Death). I will pray for Pope Leo and do my best to honor him as Christ's Vicar, even when he makes mistakes.
Nick
I freely admit beautiful rites and churches are an aid to the spiritual life, and freely admit dumbed down or plain dumb rites and sterile churches quash any hope of spiritual anything except in those rare individuals who might seek and find God in a gulag...
But, I am no "traditionalist" holding that a dead language dead to even most modern churchmen is a cure for what ails the Church and its people, nor are translated rites and scripture of poor translation any aid, but instead positive harm.
What is killing the Church, and driving away even those who would stay, is a focus entirely on externals by leaders of shallow or no interior life seeking their meaning in the external world...
When it should be the internal strength powering the external response...but, what we have are people claiming to do God's will, when that God is a perfect stranger to them, and them seeking God in only the external world.
Reading a quote of somebody is not the same as knowing them enough to know what they meant when they said something.
And I fear this papacy will continue right on down that empty road, to the detriment of a truly holy Church saving souls, where all the "evangelists" have forgotten the most important soul which God desires is first their own.
Bob,
Pope Leo has fairly broad experience as a bishop, religious superior, teacher and pastor. I think we will be pleasantly surprised!
Good comment, TJM.
He's apparently a centrist, and for the sake of unity for the mainstream (Not the German Bishop's conference) that's likely what's now needed. Hoping for Benedict XVI-style let people embrace the experience that best resonates with them. At the same time, I'm hoping common sense prevails where clear dysfunction is evident. Extremes, either way, are unhealthy as Fr. AJM rightly noted.
He is a modern man, some ancient discipline he sees as outmoded, and has waffled on same sex blessings, studiously silent on most "issues", the vetter of bishops for the Francis regime, sex abuse victims claim he botched things to the point of a tv documentary,...
but he is a good company man, dresses sharp, gives great presentations, and has specialized in field work and management, he might make a good CEO, and even do a good job of running the Vatican...but until he shows different, to me, he has all the marks of status quo.
However, the weight of office might prove an epiphany and he might blossom into an excellent pope and be a true spiritual leader...
of course, he is only a recent cardinal, unknown outside progressive circles until of late, perhaps coached to stay low key on issues as one arrow of the progressive's quiver as an unknown "compromise" candidate, and him be a rude suprise.
But, I at least THINK he is a progressive of the gradualist persuasion rather than revolutionary, and hope to see minimal damage and positive good in some needed areas....time will tell...I had hoped for better on what might be my last pope.
K and MT Suit must be in deem mourning because Pope Leo is not an LGBT supporter!
Laudetur Jesus Christus! I admire and envy your enthusiasm and that of everyone I know. I suppose being a realist and gun shy from the past 13 years and having been born in 1966 I only have known the church in crisis, I approach this with extreme caution. I’ve been praying for a very long time each morning for a restoration of a senses Catholicus and I pray for his holiness and shall continue to do so .
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