An American Pope at an American Moment

Stephen P. White of Catholic University reflects on our new American pope, Pope Leo XIV.

“Is the tide turning? God knows. But at this moment in the life of the Church in the United States, providence has given us a pope from our own shores, one who knows us, as it were, from within and from without. An older generation, one which knew more secure in worldly things, less surety in spiritual things, is moving off the scene. Younger generations are looking for solidity and surety amidst liquid modernity.”

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