On Sexual Abuse Cases, Can Leo’s Past Say Much About the Future?

On sexual abuse cases, can Leo’s past say much about the future?

In the two weeks since Pope Leo XIV was elected, the pope has been celebrated among Catholics of all stripes and ecclesiastical tribes, with many hoping that the pontiff will bring some peace and stability to the Church after a tumultuous 12 years, and effect necessary reforms at the Roman Curia and in the Vatican City State Governorate.Cardinals, at the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV. Credit: Edgar Beltran/Pillar Media.Around the world, some…

On the first Sunday of his pontificate, May 11, Pope Leo XVI appeared from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at noon sharp to address an awaiting crowd. The square and the streets around Vatican City seemed much more crowded than they had been four days earlier, when, from the same balcony, the American-born Peruvian Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was first introduced as the new head of the Catholic Church.