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Leo XIV’s Election is a Defeat for the ‘Chinese Party’, by Eugenio Capozzi – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Leo XIV’s Election is a Defeat for the ‘Chinese Party’, by Eugenio Capozzi

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By Eugenio Capozzi, The Daily Compass, May 12, 2025

Leo XIV was immediately portrayed by the mainstream narrative as anti-Trump, ‘the least American of the American cardinals’. But this is an unrealistic version of events, because his election must be seen in contrast to the defeat of the ‘Chinese party’ in the Church, which sought a preferential relationship with the Beijing regime.

Beyond the celebratory tones, it is clear that the election of Francis Robert Prevost to the papacy has caused not only surprise, but also a certain dismay and disappointment in the Western mainstream media/political/intellectual circles, which are always inclined towards a hyper-secularised progressive “single narrative”. This narrative predicted – based on the objective fact that the vast majority of the cardinals had been appointed by Pope Bergoglio himself – that the new Pope would ‘naturally’ be less the successor of Peter than the successor of Francis, continuing the ‘renewal’ while remaining faithful to his inspiration. In this sense, the names of Parolin, followed by Zuppi and Tagle, seemed the most likely candidates. …

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