From a cool article about Pope Leo:
For championing the dignity of the poor & marginalized, his predecessor Pope Francis was lambasted as “woke” by the U.S. right, while heading a patriarchal church that subordinates women & decries abortion as murder invited scorn from the political left.
Such baseline tenets of Catholicism were unlikely to change regardless of who was chosen as pope. Within those broad political constraints, however, there is surprising latitude for maneuver. Leo’s position as a member of the Order of St. Augustine opens some interesting possibilities to inspire a broad-based, populist social movement that transcends denominational—and even religious—differences.
Among Catholic orders, Augustinians tend to be at the forefront of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
In many ways, Leo is the anti-Trump. Trump admits that he is motivated by wealth & self-aggrandizement; Leo embraces serving others, humility, and spurning materialism.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/pope-leo-augustinian-trump-vatican/?utm_content=gifting&tpcc=gifting_article&gifting_article=cG9wZS1sZW8tYXVndXN0aW5pYW4tdHJ1bXAtdmF0aWNhbg==&pid=CW3545104
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