Dear Reader,
We have met the Pope and he is ours (American).
In his life as Cardinal Prevost, Leo XIV was not perfect, but the consensus is that he is a man of faith, a good administrator, and a friend to Francis and Francis’s legacy. Oh—best endorsement of all—right-wing Twitter hates him.
The Bulwark gives a good account of all this.
In coverage of Leo XI…
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