Has the Vatican broken its no-US popes rule to elect the anti-Trump?

Has the Vatican broken its no-US popes rule to elect the anti-Trump?

The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but with that comes a unique challenge.

Because flattening everything to a logic of deployment for or against the President of the United States, is a trivialization not useful

The Only Reason for Picking an American Pope was to Fight Trump

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For the first time, the Church will have a North American pope. From a geopolitical point of view, it is a historical break. The election of Robert Francis Prevost breaks a centuries-old tradition that had always kept the United States away from the pontifical throne. This is no coincidence. In a world where ideas circulate faster than ever, the United States represents a hegemonic centre of cultural and ideological production. This is where tru…

Is the American Pope a case of follow-the-money?

To everyone’s surprise, the new Pope is an American. Like almost everyone else in the world, I’d never heard of him before yesterday. But he looks like a straight shooter and a stand-up guy. And, as popes go, he looks pretty healthy. For readers in my tribe who are dismayed that he once expressed some passing criticism of President Trump’s summary deportation of illegal aliens, I ask you: What’s a clergyman supposed to say – kick the SOBs out? I…

The American president's supporters are not really happy with the new pope.