Following Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV after Francis’s death, my earlier blogs (click here & here) outlined his likely direction. I had also posted 5 of the main reasons why I was convinced that Prevost was Francis 2.0
With the above lens, we can rule out the following:
- Doctrinal correction of encyclicals like Fiducia Supplicans & Amoris Laetitia – Prevost is likely to only build on these documents, if anything.
- The TLM (1962 Missal) – in short, forget about a permanent allowance to the Traditional Latin Mass, which will be limited to special permissions from Rome for a one-off Mass. That too, if Trads have been well behaved & have sufficiently ‘zipped-it’!
- Prevost revoking the cancellation of priests and Bishops by Bergoglio. It is now amply clear that there will be no olive branch extended to Abp. Vigano, Bp. Strickland and Fr. Altman (as examples).
- Any action against the lavender mafia – This was a pipe dream on my part. It really was. With the James Martin SJ meeting, the LGBTQ+ Jubilee Mass, and other such spectacles in the Vatican, Prevost has made it amply clear that the LGBTQ+ posturing is a priority to him. And in this debacle, Catholicism is doomed unless providence decides to intervene – it is now down to what faithful Catholics have to ‘endure’ (Revelation 14:12).
- If Mater Populi fidelis is a yardstick, there will be absolutely no further consecration of Russia; if you ask me my opinion, it is already too late in the day for the correct consecration of Russia. The errors of Russia that the Co-Redemptrix warned about have already spread to the rest of the world, & what may come next is the annihilation of nations. This is on Rome and on us. Again – barring divine intervention, I see no way out here.
Into the second trimester of his papacy, I relook at the course that Prevost (Leo) seems to be adopting & what are some of the things that Trads / Catholics can expect over the course of the next year.
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