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Pope Leo XIV’s centrist papacy

The election of Robert Prevost is a plea for temperance in a turbulent Church.

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A new generation is turning away from established churches in search of a different way to believe

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Like the Second Vatican Council, he proved the Church to be as human as it is divine.

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The controversial liberaliser brought humanity to the Vatican – but he was unable to arrest the Catholic Church’s decline.

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A Christian revival won’t save the deluded West – but it might teach it to accept its fate.

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