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Haunted by Papal Ghosts, by Adam Lucas – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Haunted by Papal Ghosts, by Adam Lucas

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Screenshot by Grok (AI). Cardinals in St Peter’s Basilica.

By Adam Lucas, The Stream, May 31, 2025

Adam Lucas holds a Masters of Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He’s the coauthor of Feasts of Our Fathers: Praying the Church Year with the Early Christians (Catholic Answers Publishing) with Mike Aquilina. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife and son.

While it is understandable and even laudable to be excited about the recent election of a new pope, those feelings should not be based on who we think he will be or not be.

Papal conclaves are a big deal. The one that elected Pope Leo XIV was only my third, as it was for everyone just shy of 50 years old. And, barring tragedy for either Pope Leo or myself, I only have maybe two or three more.

A papal conclave is the kind of major event a person only experiences a handful of times in their life. Such experiences take on a special significance in part because of the meaning of the event itself—but especially because of their rarity.

Hence the grand excitement over the election of Cardinal Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. I confess, I have been caught up in it as well. The magnitude of the moment; the election of an American; the name—all of it felt historical, and it’s made being Catholic feel more fun than it has been since perhaps the last conclave. …

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