It is good that Leo is saying these things but it is not actually unusual for him to say them.

April 10, 2026 - 21:02 UTC

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It’s been apparent for a while now that Hale is determined to spin Leo for his own purposes and won‘t let inconvenient facts get in the way
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Now, that noted, that they are being said as very pointed public rejoinders is unusual.
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but he says it in chicagoese
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(I actually do think this is a notable change)
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He talks like a Jesuit educated son of a Catholic school librarian, and I can’t wait to see how this goes
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Just speaking for myself (and as someone mostly ignorant of RC everything) this guy nailed it, and yes on Chicagoese. Suddenly the Pope is tossing righteous molotovs while trolling Cubs fans. I’m in.
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Any generic statement of virtue and decency is viewed as an attack by the Trump regime
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Rightly so, because they are an attack on the Trump regime.
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That said, him and Francis have been a lot more open about actively opposing their own right-wing clergy, whereas previous popes gave them far more leeway, to put it mildly. For instance, Leo XIII was regarded as relatively pro-Jewish, but he doesn’t seem to have been all that effective at
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actually halting antisemitism among lower-ranking clergy (some of whom seem to have actually believed he was on their side!). Really, what we’re kind of seeing in the Church right now is the equivalent of the CCP getting a new General Secretary who starts openly talking all the time about how
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But historically contingent. There have been times when the position of the Pope (as formulated and communicated to secular powers by senior official representatives) has been 'Caedite eos. Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius'.
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What would be unusual that I wish would happen is for Da Pope to make statements that explicitly names names.

Say “Donald Trump”; say “JD Vance”; say “the government of the United States”.

Even if the subtext is obvious…just spell it out.
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I think this is mostly a product of non-Catholics who dont pay attention seeing it being said for the first time
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This shit is WAY more Christian than what the typical American evangelical hears at church.
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