The new pope could also “reinterpret”, without going back, some of Francis’s most controversial progressive movements, such as his declaration allowing blessings for people in same-sex couples, said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, the progressive archbishop of Luxembourg, told a handful of reporters, including the policy in a side room Chied in Rome.
Some traditionalists have already expressed the hope that Prévost will take a more conciliatory tone. Edward Feseer, Catholic professor of philosophy at the Pasadena City College, suggested on X that, although the theology of the new pope has biased progressive, he seemed to be a “more reasonable man (who) could have been discussed about Francis’s more problematic decisions”. Since then, Prevost has already encountered the American Cardinal Influent Cardinal Raymond Burke, a hard -on -line Francis critic who was constantly complaining about the efforts of the deceased pope to reduce the tridentine mass, an older variety of the Latin mass favored by traditionalists.
This decision in turn launched a discomfort among some moderates, with a concern for politico that traditionalists could become a “force in the church” after Francis was able to largely reduce their influence.
Maga Holdouts
But none of this means that Prévost will necessarily be able to satisfy the forces more vehement in the world of Maga, which have already prejudiced it as a subversive left after its comments on migration.
After the ascent of PREVOST, Laura Loopomer, a political activist and US far-right political advisor, took place on the “awakened Marxist pope” and said that he “was anti-Trump, anti-maga, pro-open borders, and a total Marxist like Pope Francis”, adding that he is “raw” that he is now in charge of the Vatican. In particular, the Loomer is not Catholic, but Jewish, indicating the importance of the symbolism of the Pope even for the non-believers of Washington.
Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist of Trump and ultra-conservative Catholic, said that the election of PREVOST as the first pontiff born in the United States was a vote against his former boss. It was “the worst choice for Maga Catholics,” said Bannon, qualifying the election of Leo XIV “an anti-top vote by the Curia globalists”.
But Cardinal Hollerich, who was close to Francis, said it was not quite correct. “We did not choose an anti-Trump, we elected a disciple of Jesus,” he said. However, “the fact is that he East An American citizen – There is also this consequence. »»
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