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
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…
2 thoughts on “Pope Leo XIV’s Inauguration Mass Was Eye Opening”
Regarding Leo’s definition of synodality: in a meeting with a group of pagans, jews, protestants and others who had come for the inaugural mass, Leo commented that synodality and ecumenism are closely related and stated: “I intend to continue Pope Francis’s commitment to promoting the synodal character of the Catholic Church, and developing new, concrete forms of ever-more-intense synodality in the ecumenical field.” This was reported by en.news but seems (so far) to have been ignored by other news outlets and podcasters.
With respect to Inaugural Mass attendees not kissing Pope Leo’s ring; perhaps the videos of Pope Francis humiliating people who by rudely pulling his hand away from people attempting to perform the correct means of greeting him sent a clear message not to attempt that.
Regarding Leo’s definition of synodality: in a meeting with a group of pagans, jews, protestants and others who had come for the inaugural mass, Leo commented that synodality and ecumenism are closely related and stated: “I intend to continue Pope Francis’s commitment to promoting the synodal character of the Catholic Church, and developing new, concrete forms of ever-more-intense synodality in the ecumenical field.” This was reported by en.news but seems (so far) to have been ignored by other news outlets and podcasters.
With respect to Inaugural Mass attendees not kissing Pope Leo’s ring; perhaps the videos of Pope Francis humiliating people who by rudely pulling his hand away from people attempting to perform the correct means of greeting him sent a clear message not to attempt that.