ANALYSIS | Pope Leo Is Walking in Francis's Shoes, but Likely to Tread His Own Path

ANALYSIS | Pope Leo is walking in Francis's shoes, but likely to tread his own path

While Pope Leo XIV may walk in Francis's shoes, early signs point to a papacy with a style and direction all its own — straddling ideological lines and blending traditional Catholic signifiers with a new political awareness.

Pope Leo XIV and the Battle Against Modernity

On May 8, 2025, the world witnessed the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the Catholic Church as former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV to begin the 267th pontificate in the unbroken line of successors to St. Peter. With the eyes of the faithful and the curiosity of the secular world fixed upon the Vatican, many are wondering what the new pope’s choice of name… Source

Pope Leo XIV and the Church’s New Era

Today, we’re looking at a problematic seminar at Harvard, the university’s ongoing discriminatory practices, a new PBS documentary (and why it proves that President Trump is right to defund the broadcaster), and a troubling effort to expand the federal endowment tax.

Leo XIV came with a very clear idea of what he wants for the Vatican: a more solemn, more traditional, more vertical liturgy. That is, less ... The entry Pope Leo XIV: his firm stance for a more vertical and doctrinal Church appears first in LJA Aguascalientes.

Meeting with Pope Leo XIV: A new hope for the Eastern Churches

A community of Christians in northern Iraq might be forgiven if they feel forgotten by the world. Their numbers, already small, are dwindling. Their religious rituals might feel foreign to most Catholics in the West.   “Sometimes we think that we have nothing to offer, that we are few in numbers, and dwindling,” said Syriac Catholic Archbishop Nathanael Nizar Wadih Semaan of Adiabene, northern Iraq.   But Archbishop Nizar, as he is known, was in…