Journalistic commentaries have ignored this essential question; they have focused on secular issues of the day. Undoubtedly, the Pontiff will have to address political and social issues, but he has been chosen above all to continue the Tradition that comes from the Apostles, and the difficult task of healing the rift opened by progressivism awaits him. With time, the course of Leo XIV's pontificate will become clearer.
"Before and After the Conclave" - by Archbishop Héctor Agüer
The pontificate of the Argentine Jesuit Jorge Bergoglio was coming to an end. He had chosen the unusual name of Francis, who had been moved with reforming the Church, to which the Saint of Assisi had not aspired, his work being spiritual, and leading to the reform of life. Pope Francis turned his back on Tradition, which always moves forward by preserving and updating its identity. St. Vincent of Lerins had already enunciated it in the 5th century: “
In the centuries of the Fathers of the Church, the value of Rome was always respected, because of the succession from Peter. This was, above all, the see
Concern for the salvation of souls stopped with Vat II when the Church was opened to the world.