It did not take long for this shiny new pontificate to lose its lustre. And its credibility. The spectacle of Pope Leo granting solemn blessing to a block of glacial ice was the point of no return for papal dignity. There is no way to unsee what the world saw at “Raising Hope for Climate Justice” the Vatican’s October 1st shindig against the bogey of climate change. Have you any clear idea what climate justice means? Or how to distinguish it from climate injustice? Continue Reading

Leo XIV & Abolition of The Death Penalty

Maureen Mullarkey

June 21, 2025

Two days after his election, Leo XIV summarized the keynotes of his reign. In his first formal address to the College of Cardinals, he pledged compliance to the works and aims of Vatican II: “I would like us to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal Church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.” He emphasized adherence to the fundamental priorities “masterfully and concretely” set forth in Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis’s first apostolic exhortation delivered in 2013. Continue Reading

Pope Leo’s Pentecost & the Spirit of Open Borders

Maureen Mullarkey

June 12, 2025

Leo XIV’s sermon on Pentecost Sunday took its keynote from Benedict XVI. On Pentecost, 2005, Benedict proclaimed: “The Spirit opens borders… She [the Church] must open the borders between peoples and break down the barriers between class and race. In her, there cannot be those who are neglected or disdained.” Benedict was not the first pope to oblige globalism by doing theology with one eye on geopolitics. Massive problems have followed that trajectory. Some are on view right now in the streets of Los Angeles. Continue Reading

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Leo XIV: A Pontificate On Ice

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