Posted on 05/12/2025 8:09:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
Earlier today, another sign that, no matter what happens, at least a sense of Catholic normalcy is returning to the Vatican.
Our long collective nightmare is over. The road ahead may be hard, treacherous and filled with difficulties, but at least we woke up from the nightmare. We can actually plan ahead now that the trance has lost its hold over the Catholic faithful.
..."Leo XIV will create bridges like his predecessor. But in a different context and a different style than Francis. In the Church today there are great tensions, and outside there are frightening conflicts. I think doctrinal clarity is needed now. The confusion of these years must be overcome. And one of the tools to be used are the structures that are already present there. The institutions of the Church are neither a plague, nor a threat against the Pope. They are there to provide help to the pontiffs, who must get help. You cannot govern yourself by distrusting your own institutions." ...
“Papa Prevost gives me great hope. I am convinced that he will make a positive impact within the Church and in the world. He is a peacemaker. Already the choice of name, in the tradition of St. Leo the Great and Leo III who crowned Charlemagne in the 800s, is very indicative. Name and dress made it clear that there will be continuity, not a totally new phase. His experience, ability to speak many languages, the fact that he was a missionary, but also worked in the Curia for two years, make him both a pastor and a governing pope. He does not come from one background but from many things together. And this will allow him to speak to everyone.” ...
"Now a new phase is opening. I sense some widespread relief. The age of arbitrariness is over. We can start counting on a papacy that can guarantee stability and rely on existing structures, without overturning and upsetting them."
Ping
This could really come back to bite RC big time.
Sometimes it take a few years to have any indication which direction a pope is going.
The road ahead may be hard, treacherous and filled with difficulties, but at least we woke up from the nightmare.
That is exactly my point.
But we don't know if we have "woke up from the nightmare."
For all we know it could stay the same, or get worse. I hope it doesn't, it's just far too early to tell.
At this time during Pope Francis' papacy, there was nothing stopping the proliferation of the TLM. That didn't come until much later.
I really hope it gets a lot better. But we’ve seen popes change around.
I’m hopeful.
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