Originally published at: NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE NEFARIUM MAY 8 2020: HABEMUS PAPAM...LEO XIV
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 17:34 — 24.1MB)Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost of the United States has been elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope. Joseph gives his “on-the-fly” take of the possible implications of the election:
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Since intentionality is so important in faith in prayer, his predecessor Leo XIII was mostly known for Rerum Novarum, encyclical letter that affirms family and puts it in a center of societal structure, also puts working class above capitalism or Marxism, then I see name Leo XIV and possibly his entire pontificate as a warning sign to technocrats and oligarchs.
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That sounds very optimistic.
Knowing ‘these people’ that name is probably a joke.
Just like how Federal Agencies and the names of Departments and even news articles always actually do or portray the opposite of what they say/are.
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