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Someone drew my attention to a rumor floating around about alleged troubles for the Latin Mass on Pentecost Monday in Notre Dame de Chartres. Let me set the record straight: The concluding Traditional Latin Mass for the Chartres Pilgrimage on Pentecost… pic.twitter.com/ZLsw0gwbyE

— Michael J. Matt (@Michael_J_Matt) May 19, 2025

One of the battles from the last Pontificate that few talk about was Pope Francis’ efforts to remove homosexuals from Italian seminaries, which he viewed as a major problem but one where he received significant push back from a block in the Italian Bishops Conference. In the… https://t.co/Qaxfy3bCH5

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) May 19, 2025

Removing Paglia, who commissioned an artist to paint a homoerotic mural in his cathedral, is a significant bellwether. https://t.co/exSfJQsTx6

— Father V (@father_rmv) May 19, 2025

Let’s be clear: the so-called “accusation” is nothing more than a seminary superior encouraging a troubled young man to seek help in overcoming an objectively disordered inclination, something incompatible with the priestly vocation.

That’s not abuse. That’s pastoral… https://t.co/9aeohHcthZ

— Patrick Coffin (@CoffinMedia) May 19, 2025

Cardinal Reina, Pope Leo XIV's pick for the JPII Institute for Marriage and Family, was previously accused by a former seminarian of 'forcing him to undergo conversion therapy to cure him of his homosexuality' pic.twitter.com/G2R3uOhNqr

— Catholic Arena (@CatholicArena) May 19, 2025

GloriaTV reported: "Leo XIV quoted Francis’s 2019 Abu Dhabi document, praising his predecessor for promoting a culture of dialogue." https://t.co/pdkflDoZwx

— Fr. Dave Nix (@FrDaveNix) May 19, 2025

Walking into Mass today was a young man. He looked confused and disheveled. We exchanged pleasantries. He asked is this where we go in. No. It's around the corner. Is this your first time here? Yes he said, I'm not Catholic but I talked to a guy at Subway about Catholicism. 1/2

— M Blaine W (@_BlaineWilliams) May 18, 2025

This is the most cynical thing I've ever seen in American politics. It's astounding, truly. Biden has stage 4 cancer. There is no way in hell they just caught it now. They knew it, probably for years, and lied to the American people. And then they waited until two days before a…

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 19, 2025

JUST IN – Joe Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive form of prostate cancer — NYT

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 18, 2025

Notably few global leaders & dignitaries made the proper reverence to Pope Leo XIV when greeting him

Most shook hands, rather than kissing the ring or kneeling

Perhaps if Benedict XVI’s rule of all cardinals making public obedience during Mass were kept, others might follow… pic.twitter.com/2PmSoS2ekE

— Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 (@MLJHaynes) May 18, 2025

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— Cardinal Burke (@cardinalrlburke) May 18, 2025

Besides this one. pic.twitter.com/3jVy9vk0k9

— Cactus Pete (@PtoMtnMan) May 16, 2025

James Martin on Pope Leo XIV pic.twitter.com/8RackukKSl

— Anthony (@Catholicizm1) May 14, 2025

Vice President ⁦@JDVance⁩ will lead a delegation — along with @SecRubio⁩ — to attend the Inaugural Mass of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV this Sunday, May 18th 2025 🇻🇦🇺🇸🇻🇦 pic.twitter.com/HW7odMvGCc

— Chad Pecknold (@ccpecknold) May 15, 2025

NB! Of course the quickest way to restore the sense of mystery to the Western Church is to lift the sadistic Francis/Roche restrictions on the traditional rite. Note that liberal hacks were careful not to tweet out this passage. https://t.co/Vo4fEQTf8F

— Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) May 14, 2025

Oops!
The Holy Father didn’t see the “PACE” activists, today during his audience with media folks who covered the conclave. pic.twitter.com/SITtURCOVH

— Bree A Dail (@breeadail) May 12, 2025

🇻🇦 Benedizione papale al termine dell'incontro con i 5.000 giornalisti provenienti da tutto il mondo che hanno seguito il Conclave.

Il Papa precedente, nel 2013, si rifiutò di impartire la benedizione, preferendo una "benedizione silenziosa" per "rispetto" verso i non credenti. pic.twitter.com/d27W5VmyoY

— 𝕊𝕀𝔸𝕋𝔼 𝕊𝔸ℕ𝕋𝕀 (@SiateSanti) May 12, 2025

This Apostolic Palace matter is so ridiculous: Pope Benedict’s room was more modest and older and less comfortable than Francis’ several floors in Santa Marta, a modern building.

If we were asked by Pope Leo XIV, we’d simply suggest renaming the palace “Residence” and Santa…

— Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) May 9, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, then Bishop Robert Prevost back in 2023, in Peru, right before he was made Cardinal:

“Yesterday marked ten years since Pope Francis' election. I knew Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he was Archbishop of Buenos Aires. As the Augustinian General, I'd met him several… pic.twitter.com/KesYqPNUfb

— Catholics for Catholics 🇺🇲 (@CforCatholics) May 11, 2025

Amazing that even a column about the new pope centers around Trump. I don't like the phrase "____ Derangement Syndrome," which is usually deployed to shut down critical thought about a politician. But it sure seems to apply here. pic.twitter.com/D48dI9G1d3

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) May 11, 2025

Pope Leo XIV manages to make the nuanced argument Pope Francis seemed to struggle with:

Mass immigration is an issue; It is important to protect borders; It is also important to treat all men with dignity.pic.twitter.com/qM5nRB4gMC

— Fr Calvin Robinson (@calvinrobinson) May 9, 2025

JUST IN: “His Holiness Leo XIV has expressed the wish that the Heads and Members of the Institutions of the Roman Curia, as well as the Secretaries and the President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, continue provisionally in their respective roles ‘donec… pic.twitter.com/d3UrdFJx5p

— Diane Montagna (@dianemontagna) May 9, 2025

Original report, from @Corriere, on May 1st:

" The American Robert Francis Prevost, 69, who instead is an elector and is entering Cardinal Burke's house for a very secret summit, deflects: 'I have not yet thought about what to pack, even though there is one week to go until… https://t.co/0WurJuYeqf

— Rorate Caeli (@RorateCaeli) May 9, 2025

Led by the Cardinal Archbishop of New York, the Anglosphere Cardinal-Electors engineered the first anglophone Pope since 1169, per Il Giornale.

(Full-text from a machine translation of the Italian:)

The whole world was looking at the Secretary of State. And at the party of… https://t.co/ICNqCpubRY pic.twitter.com/CuY0jdmsB6

— diezba (@diezba) May 9, 2025

That ++Prevost met with ++Burke is encouraging and helps explain the effusive congratulations from ++Burke. Assurances certainly were given.

— Alan Cornett (@alancornett) May 9, 2025

From inside the pre-conclave meetings with Cardinals it is suggested the Cardinal Robert Prevost is the moderate of choice. Think about this… As the head of the Congregation of Bishops he presided over the removal of America's best bishop @BishStrickland and the elevation of…

— John-Henry Westen (@JhWesten) May 4, 2025

Well the Vatican Press Office is going to spend the first couple of days/weeks explaining the new Pope’s record on handling clerical sexual abuse, because there is a lot of explaining to do. A short thread on Prevost from last year. https://t.co/PUWDpxKK9Q

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) May 8, 2025

Pope Leo XIV! pic.twitter.com/y9lFvPsNQe

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) May 8, 2025

The length of recent Conclaves:

1878: 3 Ballots, 3 days, Leo XIII

1903: 7 Ballots, Habsburg Veto, 5 days, St. Pius X

1914: 10 Ballots, 4 days, Benedict XV

1922: 14 Ballots, 5 days, Pius XI

1939: 3 Ballots, 2 days, Pius XII

1958: 11 Ballots, 4 days, St. John XXIII

1963: 6… pic.twitter.com/PA7TIrkCcC

— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) May 7, 2025