Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV, is an American who also has Peruvian citizenship. He was a favorite of the late Pope Francis but has often kept a fairly low public profile, meaning that while his tendencies indicate a less traditional and strictly doctrinal perspective, his likely actions as pope have yet to be clearly predicted. But his first speech ominously seemed much in line with progressive rhetoric.
It is unfortunate that the new pope was a favorite of the late Pope Francis, who prioritized leftist politics over biblical theology and doctrine, fractured the Church, scandalized even non-Catholics, and seriously
offended Israeli Jews. Francis was not even remotely a unifying figure, and his supposed empathy did not extend to Chinese Catholics, traditionalists, persecuted Christians in Africa, victims of illegal alien crime, and many more. Prevost was raised to the cardinalate by Francis and helped implement Francis’s controversial plan to add women to the board that forwards bishop nominations to the pope.
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