Learning to love Leo
Since the new pope's name was announced, my impressions of him have changed dramatically.
I know that I am being presumptuous, but I am pretty certain that some of you had the same reaction I had when it was announced that the new pope was Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost: “Noooooooooooooooooo.”
That was the text I sent my wife (I went back and counted the 18 “o’s”).
What I posted on X was much more appropriate: Let’s pray for Pope Leo XIV.
My initial response was based on the little I had heard about who was apparently promoting Prevost prior to the conclave. But since that moment, my impressions of the new pope have changed dramatically.