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White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney today and the bells of St. Peter’s rang out, signaling that the conclave was concluded after only 24 hours, and that 133 cardinals had elected a successor to the recently deceased Pope Francis.
Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, is the 267th pope and the first from the United States – Chicago, to be precise. But lest you get your hopes up that the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics will now be headed by a MAGA patriot, it’s telling that one Vatican insider describes Prevost as “one of the least ‘American’ of the American cardinals.” Having served for two decades in Peru, where he was a missionary, parish priest, teacher and bishop and became a naturalized citizen, he has spent much of his life outside the United States.
In fact, earlier this year Prevost took to social media to declare that Vice President JD Vance, a devout Catholic, was “wrong” to assert that God wants us to embrace “ordo amoris,” or a sort of hierarchical, “ordered” love. “You love your family. Then you love your neighbor. And then you love your fellow citizens… THEN prioritize the rest of the world,” Vance said. That statement sparked a major Catholic debate, with political conservatives generally siding with Vance. Prevost made his position clear by sharing an article online titled, “JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t ask us to rank our love for others.”
Many Catholics (and non-Catholics, for that matter) were praying for a more traditional, conservative choice after twelve years of the globalist progressive, Pope Francis. During his pontificate, Francis made landmark declarations that encouraged the Left, including allowing the blessing of people in same-sex unions and calling for more mass migration into already overwhelmed Western nations. One conservative Catholic author even persuasively argued several reasons “Why We Need a Pope From Africa” such as Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, a defender of the embattled, traditional Latin mass (but who, at 80, was a long-shot pick).
Just prior to today’s revelation that a pope had been chosen, Sheryl Collmer at Crisis Magazine online, a publication on Catholic issues, wrote that Francis’ tenure was “tragic” and nearly “destroyed” the church. She asked, “Will we have the heart and courage to rebuild the Church after the devastation of the recent past?”
Perhaps not, because Prevost’s career was apparently closely observed, if not steered, by Francis himself. According to GB News, “Francis clearly had an eye on him for years.” To summarize from The College of Cardinals Report profile of Cardinal Prevost: in 2014, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, then Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015. Francis appointed him to one of the most influential Vatican posts in January 2023, running the office that selects and manages bishops globally. He held that post until Pope Francis died late last month. On September 30, 2023, Francis elevated Prevost to the rank of Cardinal.
It’s also notable that only those cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the papal conclave; there are currently 135 of these – the largest number in the church’s history – and Pope Francis appointed about 80% of them. Considering this, did a more traditionalist candidate ever have a chance?
On social issues, Prevost is viewed as progressive, particularly in his embrace of “marginalized” groups such as the migrants Pope Francis championed. The New York Times notes that Prevost “resembles Francis in his commitment to the poor and migrants, and to meeting people where they are,” whatever that last bit means.
He also supported Pope Francis’ change to allow divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Holy Communion. It’s too soon to tell how willing Prevost will be to curry favor with the Alphabet lobby, or how woke he may or may not be (he has rejected, for example, the idea of ordaining women as deacons, stating that “clericalizing women” doesn’t necessarily solve a problem, and might even create new problems).
There is no question, however, that he aligns closely with Pope Francis’ progressive environmental priorities. Prevost has been outspoken about the need for urgent action on climate change. He recently stressed that the Church must move “from words to action,” warning against the “harmful” consequences of unchecked technological development.
Progressives are already throwing their support behind Prevost, rejecting the idea of Catholic unity, and eager to marginalize the conservative faithful. In an appearance on CNN News Central, Left-wing Catholic writer Michael Sean Winters of National Catholic Reporter told conservatives who are less than thrilled with a pope who may prove to be Francis 2.0 that “if he’s teaching the gospel in a way that doesn’t cohere with your politics, as a Catholic, you have to ask yourself if your politics need to change.”
Winters then dismissed those “very well funded and very well organized” conservatives as really “a minuscule part of the population and they have to do some soul searching, now.” He gloated, “I think they thought this archconservative was going to come in and role everything back. And clearly, the cardinals of the worldwide church said, no, we’re moving ahead.”
So, despite President Trump jokingly sharing online an AI image of himself as the new pope, it appears that conservative Catholics aren’t getting the anti-Francis they longed for. Until that day comes, it may be up to the rank-and-file faithful themselves to be “the ones we have been waiting for” and to press for “hope and change” – from the bottom up.
As Sheryl Collmer put it in Crisis, “Now we have work ahead of us. We have to rebuild the walls of the Holy City, consecrate what has been desacralized, and bring back the hope that comes with Truth—and only with Truth.” Whether Pope Leo XIV will lead that movement, or clash with it, remains to be seen.
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A caucasian Obama from Chicago, and a clerical tyro and open border activist. What could possibly go wrong?
Right… what good can come from Chicago?
The first Black muslim President… from Chicago…
The first American Poop… from Chicago…
Besides… satanic catholicism does NOT represent Christianity. But the media sure does promote the Poop’s as the rep’s…
Something is wrong here… and it’s obvious that it is satanism…
One of the original disciples was the first pope.
The pizza is still good!
I don’t agree with sumsrent’s attitude or delivery. However, this granting of Peter a retroactive papacy is nonsense. I’ve never understood it. The Catholic Church didn’t exist when Peter lived, so Peter was not a pope. I think the very idea of an earthly “king” to serve as the head of Christianity in perpetuity is anti-Christian.
The satanic catholic fake church teaches they worship the fake god allah of satanic islam… CCC #841… Vatican II…
A fake god, once called Baal, which doesn’t have any sons for Salvation… <<< as per the satanic quran…
"The Bible uses the term "abomination" repeatedly to describe idolatry and the practices associated with false gods, highlighting God's strong disapproval."
Thus… teaching people to turn away from the One True God and devote themselves to worthless fake gods is satanic…
Francis 2.0 but on steroids.
Even his middle name is Francis.
Religion is ultimately more dangerous for America than Marxism.
“I believe that the medievals understood much better than the moderns on what basis to build a totalitarian society that would last and not collapse in less than a century. They did it and the people in the rising religious movement today know that full well. They’re the ones who have millions, upon millions, upon millions, of followers and a real insight into the fact that economics is not the crucial factor, but philosophy and culture are…. Religion has been the root of [totalitarianism] from the beginning, it has ruled in disguised forms, and still is, and now the disguise had to be stripped off… What socialism is doing is really helping religion, the bigger the statism, the more people grow accustomed to government rule over everything, the more people are ready for religionists to take over the lead from the more secular side… The socialists are building the basis for totalitarianism but only the religionists are going to cash in on it and take over.” – Leonard Peikoff
Christianity and Judaism are the only hope for America.
Indeed. But untainted by Globalists or Satanic deviants, But I repeat myself.
What a kissass comment, Did you used to give apples to your 3rd grade teacher in hopes that she’d upgrade you to Ds? Have you ever uttered a phrase like, “Please, Officer, I’m desperate here—I’m already on strike two and if you just let this one go, I promise that I’ll never do it again and I’ll also blow you”?
Did you used to lick your third grade teacher’s smelly beaver? And sucked the Principal’s dick?
Pope of the glory holes.
How in the world does religion and a new pope ultimately affect you and your warped philosophy? If you don’t believe in a god, or much of anything else, perhaps you should keep it to yourself. You aren’t exactly changing minds.
In many ways you are like a vegan. They will tell you they are.
You wanna know how? Because it’s a voice of the devil as the Vatican always did.
Thank God for King James – the gay married with lots of kids king who ordered a Bible in English be written to break the hold of the Vatican over Christianity and by Jimmy, it worked!
It’s the antisemitism and the crimes of the Vatican including pedophilia – the unreal act of abstinence leads to preying on the weakest and most vulnerable, children and mostly boys to release their sexual pent of sexual frustration.
The Spanish Inquisition was supported and produced by the Vatican. The Vatican did nothing with full knowledge of the nazzi holocaust of which it supported annihilation of the Jews!
The Vatican has not supported Israel since October 7, 2023 – and in fact has condemned Israel as being the aggressors and not the victims and is pro-jihad.
Matthew 7:21-23
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
I know not of devils in the Vatican or in the Catholic church. But I do know of unintended religious experts who like to pontificate.
I am just a Lutheran who likes going to my church. It’s everyone else who has a problem with it.
I will say this about the late pope. He was wrong on just about everything from a conservative point of view. It It looks like the new pope will probably be as bad. Glad I ain’t a Catholic
But yet… your satanic ELCA Lutheran fake church professes the satanic Nicene Creed… stating… how you acknowledge the satanic catholic fake church as the one & holy church…
Ugh… the stupidity is rampant nowadays…
Q: If the satanic catholic fake church is the one, holy church… what does that make your satanic fake church?
Re: to Scum rent in the comment after this one:
re: the Nicene Creed….we said the Nicene Creed today at church today, as did Christians in many churches. and, somehow, we are all just fine. And we didn’t acknowledge anything satanic. You did, and do, every time you attempt to write something coherent.
But as you say…. the stupidity (yours) is rampant nowadays…
But I’ll give you a hint…you calling something satanic over and over and over again does not make something satanic. Sounds more like Goebbles and his Big Lie.
There is no satanic catholic fake church or your imaginary satanic fake Lutheran church. It’s all in your diseased mind. Scumsrent, You will always be pissed that you fell for all of the “lies” I told you a few years back. You are the personification of stupid, and it is obvious you need a psychiatrist. You are, most definitely a second rate sack clothed J. the B. screaming at no one in a river somewhere.
Have fun. You are, most definitely, a hoot.
Intrepid… you say…
“Glad I ain’t a Catholic”
But yet… the satanic Nicene Creed says…
“I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.”
…
Therefore you didn’t answer the question… idiot…
Q: If the satanic catholic fake church is the one, holy church… what does that make your satanic fake church?
And finally Scummy, I’m not going to answer your stupid question, because there is no answer that will satisfy you and your warped ideology.
As for the “catholic and apostolic Church.” that refers to the “The faithful of the whole world.” It doesn’t refer to the specific Roman Catholic Church. I don’t care if you have a bug up your a$$ about Catholicism. There are 1.28 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024 and I am pretty sure they don’t care what you have to say….about anything, either. You are nothing. Irrelevant. Just a silly child who is bible thumping and endlessly repeating his silly missives.
I don’t know or care which “church” you belong to. I think you are too embarrassed to tell us which end times freak show it is. It’s certainly not any church I would want be involved with. You are a bitter angry freak and there is nothing you can say that is going to change my mind. So Herr Scumsrent,,,,GFY dick head.
The entire satanic catholic fake church worships the fake god allah of satanic islam… just as your satanic ELCA Lutheran fake church does…
Thus… you professing the satanic Nicene Creed is acknowledging catholicism as the “one holy church”… as the WORDS say… “I believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.”
Are you saying you’re part of the satanic catholic fake church? <<< Of course you are… you brainless idiot!
Please inform us as to how many minds you’ve changed with your immature name-calling and evasiveness. Hey, since your god Trump has repeated gasoline is $1.98 a gallon, it just has to be true. Is that “his truth?”
I don’t know how I’m being evasive. I’m trying to make sense out of Scumsrent’s non sequitors.
I don’t know if I’ve changed minds and it really doesn’t matter. In my area gas is 2.75 per gallon after loyalty points are applied. It’s lower than it was in January. If Trump has seen gas at 1.98 per that is great. I don’t spend anytime trying to find it. And I doubt if anything will change your pinhead mind. And that’s just OK with me. Keep voting for Democrats.
Bitter angry people like you just want to stamp your feet and bitch and whine. So go ahead and just keep thinking about the Dementio Biden/Kamala years. Just so warm and fuzzy, huh. Get your gas at whatever price you can without using loyalty points. Have fun paying full price.
Meanwhile stock futures are up 1000 points because of Trump’s trade deal with China. You should place a trade before the market opens in a few minutes. Go make some money. You will feel better.
……and the TDS is very strong in this one.
That’s really a stupid notion, one that many maintain with ignorant zeal. I don’t follow any denominational ideology, but I can pretty much guarantee that if religion were to suddenly disappear from the Earth, we’d still be as effed up as we’ve always been, because we’d just figure out another way to justify beating each other up. Cynical but true.
Perhaps you are right
This is just stupid. Pope John Paul II was an active force undermining the Soviet tyranny and the freeing of Eastern Europe from the ultimacy of state worship.
This is assuming that one doesn’t classify Marxism as a religious cult in an of itself. Many of the beliefs. and practices in the USSR, and other socialist states are based on a “faith” that communism really can work, if just enough force is applied, or enough bodies are piled up. Why else would today’s communists insist the the Soviet Union (or the GDR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, South Yemen, or Ethiopia) failed because they didn’t do it “the right way”?
Waiting to see if the Godless Democrat Vampires, who always cringe at the sight of a Crucifix, love or hate this Pope and if he continues to preach Social Justice from the Gospel of Marx like the last one!
Hopefully…. Rev. Wright wasn’t his neighbor.
He is Pro-Life, which most Catholics don’t care about because they’re Democrats first. He does preach about immigration and hopefully he knows THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
DOES THE VATICAN NEED MORE $$$ and a reason to suck more money out of Americans since they are the biggest donors?
He’ll speak no ill against another man…. except for Trump!
Let’s see if he protects his flock from Muslim butchers unlike the last one! He should convert them to follow his God and his Son of God and away from an Allah that wills his flock to kill in order to be rewarded with virgins and who follow a false prophet, pedophile, and murderer!
“You can’t be a good Catholic and for ABORTION!”
WE’LL SEE WHAT THE DEMOCRATS SAY.
Good points. They mirror what I was thinking.
AND…. if he’ll condemn the mocking of THE LAST SUPPER by Drag Queens in front of the world at the Olympics. Why do they always go after Christian beliefs and never Muslims? Always mocking Jesus and never Mohammad?
A Pope is needed to be a strict believer and enforcer who will not tolerate the mocking of Jesus or God and the teachings of the church.
THEN THERE’S ISRAEL/HAMAS! The last pOPE didn’t condemn the Hamas barbaric acts and he never defended Israel, but when an Israeli bomb killed two Christians in Gaza, he was outraged…. weird isn’t it? He never condemned the slaughter of Christians at the hands of Muslims and Communists around the world! Instead, he invited Muslim leaders to the Vatican and still no condemnation or those leaders ordering their followers to cease the slaughters. The them, he’s still an infidel!
And Anti-Pope Fwancis always endorsed the Islamic invasion of Europe, even Italy. The world is better off without him.
Francis was a Globalist. He was taking orders from the Globalists. Leo is the same.
Pundits on Newsmax would’ve liked Pope Leo in his first address to the
world to have spoken some English, as a nod to his native land America.
Instead he spoke Italian and Latin, as expected – and Spanish.
Sure he did. This Pope Francis lackey – who has retweeted criticisms of
President Trump as recently as April 14 – is an advocate for climate change
and open borders. The philosophy of Climate Change is against capitalism
and is anti-American in its belief that Western industrialists have caused
changes in weather and sea levels by exploiting the world’s poor.
Globalist Leo will most likely spend a lot of his papacy influencing the
millions of Spanish-speaking Catholic illegals in America – thus far thankless
leeches – and English-speaking American Catholics as a way to keep the
country divided and in opposition to the strong America ideas of President
Trump.
Time will tell – but a weak America is every Globalist’s dream especially
Globalist leaders like a pope who are able to make those dreams come true.
Your’e 100% correct. This second Anti-Pope isn’t just a heretic but also anti Trump. I believe being anti-Trump is why he was selected
Time will prove my belief is correct.
At least he’s not another New World Jesuit.
The Catholic Church resisted electing a Jesuit Pope for centuries for good reasons.
The late unlamented one was a good example of those reasons.
It actually appears that we have another one-world leader of our Church. This one isn’t going to make the same mistakes as Francis, is more likeable by conservatives, but evidently has the same progressive ideas for the Church. They will not fly with the Orthodox, any more than they did with the prior pope. The deep church has been voted on by the 80% of cardinals that Francis appointed. Not to worry, faithful Catholics, there will be a ‘Trump’ who comes along and adheres to the words of Christ and brings the Church back to the reason Jesus died on the Cross….that all may get to Heaven, despite their free will.
Yes, the Cardinals selected a changeling they think can fool the faithful who were betrayed By Anti-Pope Fwancis.
American, tick. Registered Republican, tick. Pro life, tick. Good news? No way. He is a RINO. He worked for years in Peru and is tainted by ‘liberation theology’, that disgusting Latin American hybrid of Christianity and Marxism invented by Russian agents in S America, which gave us the last pope, Comrade Francis. His posts on immigration, especially deportation, align totally with the radical Democrats.
Francis loaded the system with like-minded fools to ensure his destructive mission would continue. They won. This guy is a direct eff you to Trump and sane Catholics around the world.
Waiting to see what his position is on Israel, but fully expect it to be no different from antisemitic Francis. I hope I’m wrong.
You aren’t wrong. The news playing in the background on my TV has about six high level Cardinals trying to promote the new Anti-Pope and they’re good at sophistry but bad at the truth.
I’m glad I’m not a Catholic. Their leadership is all pro illegal immigration and I wouldn’t want to have a heretic as “God’s representative on Earth.”
I’ll reserve a verdict.
A cleric from Chicago either knows, or shoULd know, to put his finger to the wind.
I won’t look to this pope to lead a charge back towards the middle, but it wouldn’t surprise me if he were to follow such a trend ….especially as the betrayal of Catholics in Africa by Muslims, and in China by communists lands on the desks of his top Vatican assistants.
If this pope, like his predecessor, wades into politics and creates a situation where even Catholics are disagreeing with his politics, than what will prevent disagreement when he does his job and makes a spiritual pronouncement which, in the past, would have been accepted by Catholics as holy and indisputable doctrine? A woke pope is walking on ice so thin it will not support his weight.
Great article, Tapson It’s always a pleasure for me to experience real investigative journalism.
We all knew the Cardinals would choose another lefty, and Perv-ost is proof. And the only reason an American was chosen is political. They want somebody who can influence Americans because America is the premiere country in the world, thanks to President Trump. It looks like Catholics have a second Anti-Pope heretic.
“It’s also notable that only those cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the papal conclave; there are currently 135 of these – the largest number in the church’s history – and Pope Francis appointed about 80% of them. Considering this, did a more traditionalist candidate ever have a chance?”
You see, I didn’t know that, although I admit I did zero research. People need to know that about how the new Anti-Pope was selected.
Praying that the Holy Spirit is where this pope will go for guidance as to the Church Jesus began in the Holy Land 2000 years ago. That was the end of God’s patience with His people, which now are Orthodox and Faithful Catholics. A father doesn’t offer his son to die such a sorrowful death so that people could make up their own rules and do what they felt was ok. Christ asks us to follow him, and while there are those that do, those that don’t will not end up taking the Church down. God has promised that!
And some faithful Protestants.
So who are his supporters Soros Gates Schwabe Satan or all the Above?!
Supporters, or handlers?
Pope Bob? “One of the first headlines I saw this morning was that “Priests will be excommunicated for reporting child abuse cases or confessions”
Didn’t Christopher Hitchens used to rail against the Catholic Church for the “only excommunicated Nazi Party Member was that of Joseph Goebbels, not for war crimes, but because his wife was Protestant” ?
Followers of the Church of the SubGenius are way ahead of the curve. They’ve been worshipping Bob for decades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius
Sometimes you bring up obscure sidebars that take me way back.
A game show winner
Another left wing commie
That last Pope ,then this new Pope as well as all the other popes before them. Are based on the papacy , there a very good question would be “Is the papacy genuine of a hoax. ? ” In the Bible in Galatians 2:11 it may be seen that Paul had even contradicted and stood against Peter on a specific subject. That would had been a clear case on insubordination of Peter really was the supreme head the Christian Church. Of course many Roman Catholic priests will site Matthew 16 :18,19 as proof that the papacy is of God. Matthew 16:18,19 needs to be viewed in context in verse 16 in which Peter had rightly declared about Jesus the “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” It was that statement about Jesus Who really is the actual foundation and rock of the Christian church, as just sited above in First Corinthians 3:11. 10:4. As for Matthew 16:19 about Peter having “the keys to the kingdom of heaven.” The Jesus said those words of Jesus did come true in Acts chapter 2:14-47 and 3:11-26 Then God through Peter’s sermon gave birth to and started the Christian Church by having many converts to Jesus. In addition in acts chapter 10: God used Peter preaching to open the way to the Gentiles. First to Cornelius,24-33 and then to the whole household of Cornelius 34-48. This not really means that Peter was the first pope.
As further explained in more detail in HALLEY’S BIBLE HANDBOOK on page 602 “The rock on which Christ would build His church is not Peter, but the truth to which Peter confessed, that Jesus is the Son of God. The deity of Jesus is the foundation on which the church rests… “ It further explains about verse 19. “the keys to the kingdom… is that Peter opened the door of salvation ,on the Day of Pentecost, to the Jews[Act:2] and later to the Gentles [Acts 10]. He was not given the power to forgive sins but to proclaim the terms of forgiveness. Whatever authority it gave to Peter was also given to the other apostles [Matthew 18;18. John 20:23.] – and only in the sense that they could declare Christ’s forgiveness.” In conclusion, the papacy is a hoax .For it’s based on the doctrines of men ,Mark 7:7 . and the actual way to God the Father in not the ways of religion of men but only by Jesus Himself. John 14:6.
This message isn’t meant to offend or upset but enlighten and inform.
This new pope is the first American Pope, That’s naturally very interesting news to many people.
Sadly, what’s not very interesting to many people or even interesting at all to many people is the question what few wonder, which is the very important question. “Is the papacy really of God or is it one of the greatest and most powerful and deceitful hoaxes even played on humankind ?”
Let the Bible show the truth. For according to the Bible, Christ and not Peter Who is the real and actual foundation and rock of the Christian Church. As seen in First Corinthians 3:11. and 10:4.
Furthermore, the apostle Paul felt the need to write a long letter of instruction in Christian doctrine to the Christians at the church at Roman. [the Epistle of Romans] It would be very strange the Paul would have felt the need to write such a long letter of instruction to the Christian in Rome if Peter was actually there as the head and First bishop of the Christian Church ,as the apologists for the Roman Catholic Church claim. For Peter would have had been a fine teacher of Christian doctrine. Moreover, the Apostle Paul in his written the greeting of the Christians in the Roman Church in the very last chapter of this epistle Paul mentions many of them by name. Nevertheless, Paul makes no mention of Peter in his list of names. That would have been very rude and unchristian of Paul if Peter was really there as the first head of that Church in Rome.
So there is the question , Is the papacy real ,genuine, or is it a hoax ?
To answer, or perhaps to enrage, I offer St Chrysostom and his horrendous oratory as evidence of serious evil within the Church.
Adversus Judaeos were fourth century homilies by Saint John Chrysostom, written to members of the church of Antioch of his time, who had the temerity to observe Jewish feasts and fasts. Critical of this, he cast Judaism and the synagogues in his city as dens of sin and lust.. There are modern scholars who claim that an abuse of his preaching fed later Christian antisemitism, and might have been inspiration for pagan Nazi antisemitism.
This new Pope, the first American Pope as well as all of the other popes before him, all have the title of “The Vicar of Christ ” . Meaning the earthly substitute for Christ. As two Catholic schools said to me in the year 1975 “Since Jesus isn’t here on earth the Pope id here take His place.”
That’s actually a made up doctrine of men. For the only genuine substitute after Jesus left earth is the Holy Spirit. John 16:5-13. Acts 2:1-4.
For the real foundation of the one true Church isn’t a pope or the papacy but Christ, Jesus Himself, First Corinthians 3:11.
This new Pope, the first American Pope as well as all of the other popes before him, all have the title of “The Vicar of Christ ” . Meaning the earthly substitute for Christ. As two Catholic schools said to me in the year 1975 “Since Jesus isn’t here on earth the Pope id here take His place.”
That’s actually a made up doctrine of men. For the only genuine substitute after Jesus left earth is the Holy Spirit. John 16:5-13. Acts 2:1-4.
For the real foundation of the one true Church isn’t a pope or the papacy but Christ, Jesus Himself, First Corinthians 3:11.
St. Peter endorsed Christ as the “Rock of Foundation”, the “Corner Stone” see 1 Peter 2 on the nature of the church.
Ever since the birth of the church at Pentecost, biblical illiteracy has been a crippling weakness in our churches.
This pope will be a disaster!
With Leo XIV installed, how long will it be before the TDS media cites Leo I for the purpose of calling Donald Trump “Attila” without calling him “the Hun.” That would be to add to the Hitler label, but avoid appearing racist. The slur would aim at casting Leo XIV as the savior of “The Democracy” against the intruder threatening to establish “oligarchy.”
Too bad he took on the name of Leo. As Robert, he could have been Pope Bob I. Oh well.
it is evident from the comments that no one has read the two babylons . new pope , same horse different rider .
All human groups have an hierarchic structure and the word “church” is short for a fellowship of believers which is worldwide and multi-lingual and multi-ethnic and united by a set of core beliefs.
The top dog goes by many names – king, queen, president, prime minister and so on and almost all of them has a 2IC; we Australians have a Governor General. Catholics have a Pope.
By a long process of change and variation, the GG of the Roman Latin Rite is modelled on kingship.
This newly elected bloke is a new administrative figure-head of a huge human group following someone they believe returned from the Dead with the good news that life had meaning, was not accidental and that their existence did not cease at physical death.
Just think for a moment, what made the difference between life as a human two thousand years before and now, two thousand years after the life and execution of the founder.
Never trust “religious professionals”, by that I’m not talking about the humble pastor that walks his congregation through thick and thin for years. Denomination ‘big shots’ were the inspirers of the murder of Jesus, a cheap politician enabled it, and the ignorant mob cheered the cross. Be careful of any in those demographics.
He prayed to Mary day one, right out the gate. Am concerned for all Roman Catholics.
Right… well… he can’t pray to himself… as the Vicar…
But then again… he might meet some Iman and pray to the fake god allah…