#12187 Why Leo XIV? What the New Pope’s Name Might Be Telling Us - William Albrecht

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Why did the new pope choose the name Leo XIV? In this episode, we explore the possible historical, theological, and symbolic significance of the name “Leo”—from Leo the Great to Leo XIII—and what it might reveal about the new pope’s priorities, vision, and identity. Karlo Broussard also discusses whether this signals a moderate papacy and how the choice reflects on the Church’s current moment.

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Questions Covered:

18:28 – What are your thoughts on why he chose the name Leo XIV? Do you think he will be a moderate?
22:06 – Can we receive communion at a Orthodox church?
24:19 – What are some general guidelines in discerning satanic resistance vs God closing the door?
30:13 – Do you think the resurgence of traditional Catholicism in the US gave the idea that we were ready to have an American pope? That we are no longer looked upon as a wild card?
30:13 – Do you think the resurgence of traditional Catholicism in the US gave the idea that we were ready to have an American pope? That we are no longer looked upon as a wild card?
34:15 – The new Pope has a degree in Math. Could his papal blessing also impart more math knowledge?
37:41 – I think Cy’s book Ad Limina was a great parallel to what we have now. What are your thoughts on those parallels?
44:18 – What are your thoughts on the general name Leo and the historical significance of Leo III?
49:00 – What’s the difference between Catholicism and Episcopalians?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers live.
0:33.3	I am Cy Kellett, your host.
0:35.2	What an extraordinary day.
0:36.4	What an extraordinary day, May 8th,
0:38.4	2025. And I thought I'd do something a little different. Everywhere you go, there's commentary
0:44.7	on the new Pope. We haven't, if you just woke up and you're like, oh, my first show of the day
0:50.6	is always Catholic Answers, we have a new Pope, and his name is Pope Leo the 14th.
0:56.7	And so I thought I'd start a little bit with something you're probably not going to hear much of,
1:00.7	a little commentary on the new Pope. I really see, I haven't seen any of that. I don't know why
1:06.3	everyone's being so quiet about it. Nobody will share their views, but I want to talk a little
1:10.3	bit about
1:11.1	Pope Leo. Just before we went on the air, Chavon came in. Shavon, the always helpful Chavon,
1:17.1	around here said, today is the feast of the apparition of St. Michael. May 8th is the Feast of the
1:24.5	apparition of St. Michael. And Pope Leo the 13th, the last Bob Leo, wrote the St. Michael
1:29.6	prayer that we often say at the end of Mass, or in other situations. And apologists pray it all
1:37.0	the time. St. Michael, the archangel, defend us in battle. That is, the apologists need that.
1:42.8	And so there's a connection with today, with. Michael to both the day and to Leo the 13th,
1:49.0	the last Leo that we had.
1:53.4	And this is not even the big, like the fact that we have a pope, the fact that he took the name Leo,
1:59.4	these are big, big things, but that he's
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