Women leaders optimistic about Pope Leo XIV

What an Obscure 2006 Foreword Might Tell Us About Pope Leo XIV

Simone Risoluti Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby during his May 20, 2025, visit to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. COMMENTARY: This text reveals a man thoroughly drenched in Augustine’s theology and spirituality, in particular his understanding of the ‘last things’ — and our greatest hope.

Secure Freedom Minute: What Did Pope Francis Do in China, and With Whom? What Comes Next?

The Conclave that made Cardinal Robert Prevost Pope Leo XIV was roiled by his predecessor’s betrayal of Catholics and other people of faith in Communist China.  Pope Francis reportedly agreed to a toxic secret deal with the Chinese Communist Party – and ignored the CCP’s intensified efforts to destroy religion – hoping he’d be allowed to visit the People’s Republic. Question: Were the cardinals’ votes cast with the knowledge that Prevost had act…

Women leaders optimistic about Pope Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY — Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis' pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations for bishops.

Pope Leo XIV was among the papals, certainly, but not among the favourites. Having little information about his opinions – which is good news for a pope, they find it difficult to draw what his pontificate might be.