Welcome back to James Popery. I'm Joe Heschmire. And like everyone else, I'm still waiting to see what Pope Leo the 14th pontificate is going to be like.

Is he woke? We still don't know. The new Pope is American. We still don't know if he's woke.

Criticize J.D. Vance in a tweet. So maybe he's woke. Or maybe he just doesn't like the guy who killed his boss. I am very excited about one thing that I'm hopeful and even confident that we're going to see,

namely the restoration of greater unity amongst Catholics.

That's no secret.

The Catholics have been very difficult. and even confident that we're going to see, namely the restoration of greater unity amongst Catholics.

That's no secret. The Catholics have been very divided over the past few years, not only squabbling

factions of so-called liberals, conservatives, and traditionalists, but the internet is replete with

examples of so-called conservative Catholics tearing one another apart, either for not loving Pope Francis enough or for

loving him too much. It seemed like every time Pope Francis would speak off the cuff, or it'd say

something a little ambiguous, would lead to a new fight over what he meant and how you were meant

to feel about it. I think it's fair to say that this was one of the chief reasons that Pope Leo was chosen to restore unity

to the church, and that there are actually several positive signs that should give us hope

that he'll succeed at least somewhat in that mission. Speaking of incredibly positive signs,

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All right. So here are six reasons that I'm hopeful that Pope Leo is going to bring greater unity to the church.

First, we've already seen some of this unity in action in his papal election. I'd venture to say,

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