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By Jules Gomes, The Stream - We all know how Pope Francis lied about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, masks, and lockdowns during the COVID-19 scamdemic. Francis and Leo both peddle scary fairy tales about climate change and soothing bedtime stories about the benefits of mass migration. Popes and bishops lie like a broken record with a crack like the Grand Canyon when protecting predator priests. And they lie about Islam being a “religion of peace.”... Leo is the global CEO of 1.8 billion Catholics. He’s got a doctorate. He was a diocesan bishop, superior general of the Augustinian Order, and prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops. And yet he asserts that the Roman Church has always defended religious freedom?

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic Exchange - I’ve lived long enough to see smoke rise from the Sistine Chapel five times. One of those times, working as a Latin secretary for Benedict and waiting to see who my next boss would be, I could even smell it... Each conclave has been as exciting as the previous, but nothing will match the election of John Paul II in 1978. Never had anyone so young, so vigorous, so dynamic emerged on the balcony of St. Peter’s. I was only eight years old, but my world changed instantly. Suddenly, an accomplished athlete and actor was donning the white cassock; a Pole, a polyglot, a philosopher.

By Paul Kengor, Crisis Magazine - There has been much speculation and anticipation regarding the subject of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical. He recently released his first papal document, Dilexi Te, an apostolic exhortation begun by Pope Francis. Leo reportedly made some edits to the document and added some personal reflections, but he largely seemed to leave it intact, apparently wanting to honor his predecessor by releasing the final document that Francis had commissioned. ...