And he’s wearing white socks with his white pants under the cassock. Of course, he may wear the white socks not because it is papal to do so, but because His Holiness from Chicago is a White Sox’s fan.
Now, if only he would honor the Cardinals and wear red shoes, or at least burgundy ones!
Nice throne, no?
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Over at Big Modernism (https://bigmodernism.substack.com/p/how-to-tell-if-you-are-trad-inc) Chris Jackson has a name for Catholics who want SO HARD to believe that Leo will be the "great restorer" while ignoring the obvious: Trad Inc.. He offers us this list:
If you think it’s a win that Leo only appointed five bishops who support women’s ordination this month, you might be Trad Inc.
If you’ve published 10 articles on Francis lying about Traditionis Custodes, but not one on Leo smiling in a White Sox hat as the TLM is banned, you might be Trad Inc.
If two months in, you are still not sure what to think about Leo XIV, after condemning Francis as soon as he was elected, you might be Trad Inc.
If you think Leo saying Mass ad orientem is a sign of hope, but fail to mention Francis did the same thing, you might be Trad Inc.
If you watch the LifeSite board stage a coup to oust John Henry-Westen for being too Trad Catholic, and say, “Well, they had to make money,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you made YouTube videos warning of Prevost as one of the worst case scenarios before the conclave, and 24 hours later you are praising him as a refreshing change, you might be Trad. Inc.
If you mock sedevacantists as outside the Church while keeping reverent silence as Leo praises a schismatic as a saint, you might be Trad Inc.
If you lecture Trads that Leo is going to revoke Traditionis Custodes, he just likes to take his time to make decisions, you might be Trad Inc.
If you write articles praising Leo for dressing like a pope and chanting Latin while ignoring him telling new priests to say “for all” in the consecration, you might be Trad Inc.
If you have made a living criticizing Vatican II, Paul VI, JPII, Benedict, and Francis, but now tell people they need to give Leo a chance, you might be Trad Inc.
If your idea of Catholic masculinity is puffing cigars and drinking bourbon while referring to the Latin Mass as a sexy woman, you might be Trad Inc.
If you propose people love their Novus Ordo if they can’t find a TLM as you flee your Novus Ordo to go to the Eastern Rite, you might be Trad Inc.
If you railed on Francis cutting a deal with the CCP but haven’t said a word as Leo continues to sell out Chinese Catholics you might be Trad Inc.
If you only tweet boldly about Vatican scandals after someone else does it first and you’ve checked your speaking calendar, you might be Trad Inc.
If you think fighting for Tradition is the hill to die on…until you saw the wine list in Rome, you might be Trad Inc.
If you warned us Francis would destroy the faith, but now say Leo’s “tone” is refreshing, you might be Trad Inc.
If you said Francis was a tyrant for restricting the Latin Mass but say Leo is “prudently guiding the Church,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you think Leo’s episcopal appointments are “not ideal, but understandable in context,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you spent a decade crying “diabolical disorientation” and now call it “Petrine balance,” you might be Trad Inc.
If your hot take on a bishop who affirms gender ideology is “well, he used to work with Courage,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you’ve ever said “prudential silence” when you meant “I like being invited to Rome,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you say the modernist crisis continues, but also call this pontificate a “Francis reset,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you say “the Holy Spirit gave us Leo” and somehow don’t mean that sarcastically, you might be Trad Inc.
If you think Leo XIV is the solution to the crisis he’s actively perpetuating, you might be Trad Inc.
If you used to say “we must resist error no matter the cost” but now say “let’s see how this synod plays out,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you warned Francis would crush the TLM but think Leo’s just “discerning how to implement unity,” you might be Trad Inc.
If you went to war against Fiducia Supplicans under Francis, but you haven’t said a word since Leo reaffirmed it, you might be Trad
and there's lots more to the list...
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has pointed to an another Vatican II era Pope to view cautiously — Pope Leo XIV.
https://www.gloria.tv/post/XUSpCiqDdd9148GRDNg28ZJYx
-- Bishop Schneider: Some Bishops' Appointments of Leo XIV Troubling
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Leo XIV’s pontificate has barely begun, but: "Pope Leo has already made some appointments that raise concerns about the candidates."
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By the way, in regard to the appointing of a bishop: I trust Pope Leo XIV's judgment, as compared to Bishop Schneider's judgment.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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