Salonen: Where Were You when Pope Leo Was Named?

Salonen: Where were you when Pope Leo was named?

Where were you during the moon landing in 1969? On Sept. 11, 2001, when the first plane crashed? In March 2020 when toilet paper disappeared? Each generation has its own “Where were you…?” memories marking moments when the world paused together at a critical juncture. For the Catholic faithful, the announcement of a new pope will always be such a moment. And on May 8, something especially surprising happened when Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chica…

Robert Francis Prevost on Pope Leo XIV

Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen Publication (Outlet/Website): The New Enlightenment Project Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/05/13 History as a bridge-builder with a centrist social-justice activism and doctrinal conservatism. He has an Augustinian communitarian ethos. His platforms: synodality, Christocentric evangelization over abstraction, and inclusion, with traditionalism on life, marriage, and ordained ministry. He uses pastoral anti-…