Proven wrong again

 POPE LEO XIV -Robert Francis Prevost, OSA

It is of my own opinion that once again the Holy Spirit has chosen a new pontiff with a purpose.  While Cardinal Prevost was on a "shorter list" of candidates being considered for the next Successor of St. Peter, he was not truly thought to be a frontrunner -- which in my humble opinion is a "HA HA" moment for the Church.  Let me explain before you judge that statement.

Who were the names of the Cardinals that were being talked about the most in the days preceding the conclave?  Who were people seemingly saying should be the next pope?  Cardinal Prevost's name was not even part of those conversations.  All I heard were "the guy from the Philippines," or "that Italian secretary of state."  Prevost, while on the list of names possible, had one major "flaw" for many -- He's American -- a dual citizen of Peru and the US.  He's born in Chicago.  So to all of the people who never gave him a chance, the Holy Spirit proved all of us wrong again.

Congratulations, Pope Leo XIV!  Be the man Christ called you to be from the day of your baptism.

I urge EVERY Catholic to embrace this decision!