The New Pope Leo XIV
@allknowing (145850)
India
May 9, 2025 11:51pm CST
Telltale signs of a Pope's thinking is governed by their choice of life and living
While the late Pope Francis chose to live in a simple apartment Pope Leo XIV has chosen a posh apartment While the late Pope Francis wore a silver cross round his neck, Pope Leo XIV has chosen a golden cross We will see more as time moves on
What do you think?
Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
We will have to wait and see what all he does to give him a ''certificate'
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
He does not have a pious look as the late Pope Francis had.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
@LadyDuck Let's see what changes he will make.
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@owstalaga (4740)
• Philippines
16 May
Well nobody's perfect. We just gotta pray for him and all the priests everyday to help 'em out in being as holy as they can be. As St. Teresa of Avila said: "Behind each priest, there is a demon fighting for his fall. If we have the language to criticize them, we must have twice as much to pray for them."
Comparison does not help us at all. If we keep comparing something or someone to the previous one, we can never learn to appreciate the new one.
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@owstalaga (4740)
• Philippines
16 May
@allknowing Oh I found something. You can watch this for the other side of the news you saw:
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
16 May
@owstalaga I will but all this will ware off when priorities are set for higher things
Have a nice day
@allknowing (145850)
• India
16 May
I have not compared What I reported was what I read on the Net You are right But being new all eyes are on him
@FourWalls (74754)
• United States
11 May
He didn’t use the papal crown. No pope has used that since Paul VI, and he only wore it once.
One thing I enjoyed was seeing footage of him at the White Sox game when they won the World Series in 2005. In the stands, like everyone else, enjoying the game.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
11 May
What was his status in the year 2005 - was he a priest already?
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
11 May
@FourWalls I suppose in that status worldly pleasures are allowed. Let's watch him now
There are so many priests that head the sports section in schools
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@FourWalls (74754)
• United States
11 May
@allknowing — yes. In 2005 he was Prior Provincial for the Order of St. Augustine in Chicago. Just a “regular priest” then. 
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@DaddyEvil (148472)
• United States
10 May
I'm not Catholic so I don't think anything about it. Those two made different choices because they're different people. *shrug* It happens. I hope the new Pope is as nice a man as the last Pope was.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
It will be interesting to know what changes this Pope will initiiate. I have also read he is more for tradition
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@DaddyEvil (148472)
• United States
10 May
@allknowing I hope the Catholics like him.
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@Ineeddentures (1269)
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10 May
I hope that the first thing he does is inform the world of what exactly occurred in Peru with the priest rumoured to have abused children.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
I am aware of it and the role he played in covering it up. How will he face it now?
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@Ineeddentures (1269)
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10 May
@allknowing
I think the last few popes have faced similar situations.
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@crossbones27 (50590)
• Mojave, California
10 May
I really do not understand the choice. Its not really for me to understand anyway because not religious, but if it effects me then it is for me to say. Just in case. They said he is the closest to carry out pope Francis's mission. It had nothing to do with Trump or America. How much I buy that I will wait and see. He is the first American Pope and that amazes me, like it is a statement to be honest.
@allknowing (145850)
• India
10 May
@crossbones27 I think we should wait and watch
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@crossbones27 (50590)
• Mojave, California
10 May
@allknowing Indeed, I will say he is not on Trumps side. That will be a problem for America and the new Pope.
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@Shiva49 (27216)
• Singapore
10 May
I read "Among the ongoing financial challenges facing Leo are a decline in donations from the faithful, rising staff costs and a fragile retirement system. Francis said last year the latter currently "cannot guarantee in the medium term the fulfilment of the pension obligation for future generations".
Yes, simplicity goes a long way to make life easier.
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@allknowing (145850)
• India
11 May
May be that will change as this Pope may attract donations
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