General Discussion on Pope Leo
We have had discussions on Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholemew praying together. We have also had one on Leo and King Charles Praying together. And then there was one of how Leo and Lutheran ELCA Bishop Curry came from the same neighborhood, or there abouts.
I just thought I would place a general thread up on the activities of Pope Leo so we can refer back to it from time to time and add things as they come up.
Like the appointment of Bishop Ronald Hicks as the new Archbishop of New York, replacing Archbishop Dolan. Dolan has long been considered quite conservative. Hicks is a man of a different cloth Hicks has a strong record of supporting the Immigrant communities within the Chicago area. This looks like another poke at Trump. On the other hand Hicks will take on the largest settlement of the sex scandals that have plagued the Roman Church.
Should I mention Hicks grew up 14 blocks from where Leo grew up. Hicks himself said they used to play in the same parks and went to the same swimming pools? Naw, I will not get into that. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/new-new-york-archbishop-ronald-hicks
Leo is going to be around a while. I think we should have a thread dedicated to him
I just thought I would place a general thread up on the activities of Pope Leo so we can refer back to it from time to time and add things as they come up.
Like the appointment of Bishop Ronald Hicks as the new Archbishop of New York, replacing Archbishop Dolan. Dolan has long been considered quite conservative. Hicks is a man of a different cloth Hicks has a strong record of supporting the Immigrant communities within the Chicago area. This looks like another poke at Trump. On the other hand Hicks will take on the largest settlement of the sex scandals that have plagued the Roman Church.
Should I mention Hicks grew up 14 blocks from where Leo grew up. Hicks himself said they used to play in the same parks and went to the same swimming pools? Naw, I will not get into that. https://www.ncregister.com/cna/new-new-york-archbishop-ronald-hicks
Leo is going to be around a while. I think we should have a thread dedicated to him
Comments
For complicated socioeconomic reasons, the RCC has a material interest in promoting migration from the global south to the global north, so I wouldn't neccessarily read too much into Leo XIV's defense of freer movement. Having the criticism coming from an American, not to mention one hailing from a pop-culture friendly city like Chicago, celebrated for its blue-collar ethnic panache, does add a bit of a dramatic undertone to the proceedings.
With a name like that he was always going to be well up the candle.
The Bishops' lead on Social Action, and heavily involved with prisons. Was Bishop of the Armed Forces so travelled to Afghanistan etc.
An interesting choice.
Sure. But it also doesn't hurt that in the USA, Catholicism has historically been a faith favoured by new-stock immigrants, who might a) send remittances back to the struggling economies of their often Catholic-majority homelands, and b) infuse American parishes with numbers not generally provided by the more indifferent native-born persuadees.
There are already more English cardinals than at any point in history, so maybe he will wait for one to pass on first. Three of the four are 80+.
Interesting. The retirement age for Catholic cardinals is 75 years old. According to Canon 401 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, all bishops, including cardinals, must submit their resignation to the Pope upon reaching this age. Additionally, a decree from Paul VI established that only cardinals who have not reached the age of 80 can participate in a conclave. However, given Leo's current age, and his vitality, I doubt we will see another conclave for quite some time--God willing.
Certainly they would have to resign their bishoprics or other administrative offices but I think that the title would remain.
True, and they are still available for consultations like the one Leo has called in January with all the cardinals. But they can still vote in papal elections up to 80 and Vincent Nichols and Timothy Radcliffe did in Leo's election.
Indeed. According to Pew Research, "More than four-in-ten U.S. Catholics are immigrants (29%) or the children of immigrants (14%)" (https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/04/10-facts-about-us-catholics/). Immigrants are literally their people.
Maybe, but I don’t really see a need to drag in ulterior motives when basic Christian morality in a time of extreme cruelty toward the weak and downtrodden explains it well enough.
Exactly.