It was only a matter of time. Pope Francis’ woke doctrines are living on through Pope Leo XIV. “Pope Leo XIV reminds Catholics of duty to welcome and assist migrants,” Africanews, October 5, 2025: Pope Leo XIV has invited Catholic faithful to choose between God and money, as well as justice and injustice. He was speaking […]
Pope Leo Mentions Suffering in Gaza, Silent on Hostages
In an address to one million young Catholics, gathered in Rome for the Mass of Young People for the Jubilee Year, Pope Leo spoke of the need to end the suffering of the “young people of Gaza,” but said nothing about the Israeli hostages being tortured and starved to death in tunnels under the Strip. […]
Jewish leaders show hope in Jewish-Catholic relations with Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV has been widely described as “centrist,” a break from the unquestionably leftist late Pope Francis. Leftists have generally aligned themselves with the Palestinian “resistance” (from the River to the Sea). Pope Leo XIV has a history of fostering positive Catholic-Jewish relations, so let’s hope that some strides can be made on the […]
Pope Leo XIV and Israel: Reasons to Hope
Bepi Pezzulli, a British barrister and vice chair of the Reform Party, has some observations about Leo XIV and Israel that, for those worried that he might be a repeat of Pope Francis, offers hope. You can find more of Pezzulli’s analysis here: “Leo XIV: A papacy anchored in Israel’s embrace?,” by Bepi Pezzulli, Times […]
Pope Leo XIV vows to work for Middle East peace where are Christians persecuted
The Associated Press story refers to Christians being “displaced by years of Islamic extremist violence”; the pope did not use that term. He did, however, openly reference the suffering of Christians due to persecution in the Middle East, the cradle of Christianity. Christians were subjugated and murdered through the centuries as Islamic marauders brutalized them, […]
Pope Leo XIV: ‘I am deeply hurt by what is happening in the Gaza Strip’
WATCH 🔴 New Pope Leo, in his first Sunday prayer address, said: “I am deeply hurt by what is happening in the Gaza Strip.” He must be talking about the hostages, isn’t he? pic.twitter.com/HWtdXKmniW — Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 11, 2025 Hurt by what, exactly? A nonexistent “genocide”? Israel having the lowest ratio of […]
Hamas offers ‘congratulations and blessings’ to Pope Leo XIV, decries ‘brutal Zionist aggression’
Hamas is hoping that Pope Leo XIV will continue his predecessor’s practice of repeating Hamas propaganda as if it were fact, and moralizing on its basis. The opponents of Hamas may hope that he does not. We shall see. “Hamas Reacts to New Pope Leo XIV,” Newsweek, May 9, 2025: Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas […]