The Facts About ‘Pope’ Leo XIV

The Facts About ‘Pope Leo XIV’ — Robert Prevost

What You Need to Know About the Man who Claims to Be the Pope

Robert Francis Prevost – ‘Pope Leo XIV’
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Podcasts Refuting Leo’s Errors and Heresies

• • LEO WATCH by Roman Catholic Media

• TRADCAST EXPRESS by Novus Ordo Watch
• Catholic Family Podcast: Who is Leo XIV?
• Catholic Family Podcast: Satis Cognitum: Comparing Leo XIII to Leo XIV

Official Documents by Leo XIV

• Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi Te (Oct. 4, 2025)

General and Miscellaneous Information and First Impressions

• Theological Scorecard: ROBERT FRANCIS PREVOST, O.S.A.
• Ecclesiastical Milestones: Prevost’s Entry on Catholic Hierarchy
• A year-by-year outline of Robert Prevost’s occupations and responsibilities until he became Leo XIV
• Could Cardinal Prevost be the first American pope?
• Card. Prevost elected by conclave as Leo XIV—Is he Catholic?
• The pope from Chicago backed Pope Francis’ major church reforms
• Prevost is new pope, an American cardinal committed to the reforms Pope Francis began
• Why Prevost’s choice of the name Leo could indicate he will be Francis II
• Cardinal Prevost Defends Francis’ Judas Heresy
• Leo XIV: “We want to be a synodal church”
• Annuntio Vobis Dolorum Magnum: Habemus Antipapam
• Habemus (Lavender) Papam
• Leo XIV is Francis 2.0
• Steve Bannon called it for Prevost live on Piers Morgan ten days before the conclave
• Choice of ‘Leo’ as new pope’s name is likely no surprise for some
• Podcast: Introducing ‘Pope’ Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost (TRADCAST EXPRESS 208)
• Biographical profile of Leo XIV
• Pope Leo XIV’s early life and resume: everything you need to know
• The first North American pontiff: Who is Pope Leo XIV?
• Video: Sedevacantist Bishop Donald Sanborn on Leo XIV
• Video and Audio: Introducing ‘Pope’ Leo XIV: Who is Robert Francis Prevost?
• Pope Leo XIV’s message to the cardinals: Vatican II and Pope Francis are here to stay
• Who is Pope Leo XIV? A bio of the first American pope
• Robert Prevost: ‘The death penalty is inadmissible’
• Early reactions to Pope Leo XIV may mislead or distort understanding
• Jesuit James Martin says Leo XIV is ‘committed’ to making the Church ‘more inclusive’
• The Practical Atheist: Leo XIV
• Cardinal Blase Cupich praises Leo XIV
• Former Secretary General of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference: Leo XIV neither conservative nor progressive but pragmatic
• “A mediator between conservatives and liberals” – more details emerge of the Pope’s time in Peru
• Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations
• Video: Judith Connolly, former classmate of Prevost, says he was one of the few who supported her dream to be the first ordained woman
• A Chance Encounter with Fr Martin and Austen Ivereigh Reveals Their Papal Candidate — Prevost!
• Why Prevost’s papal prospects prompt pushback
• Leo XIV: the Man, the Priest, and the Bishop – Who is He? An Assessment, by RORATE CÆLI
• Leo XIV affirms Vatican II’s Catholic-Jewish dialogue on Day 1
• Leo XIV: International man of mystery?
• Leo XIV: “We want to be a synodal church”
• Vatican Press Office Signals Bergoglio 2.0
• Hollerich: Leo XIV will not revoke the blessing of homosexuals
• Leo XIV: the pontiff both left and right can applaud
• What can we learn about Pope Leo XIV from his X account?
• As cardinal, Pope Leo XIV balanced the sacramental with the personal while confirming teenagers
• Before he was pope, Leo XIV said it’s time for action on climate change
• Pope Leo XIV: A biographical timeline
• Ten Things to Know about Leo XIV
• Fourteen things to know about Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S.-born pope
• Leo XIV has made Francis’ Program his very own: Part 1 | Part 2
• Argentinian ‘Bishop’ Garcia Cuerva says Leo XIV will continue the work of Francis (Spanish)
• Pope pledges strengthened dialogue with Jews
• What is Doctrine for Leo XIV?
• Leo XIV: “The Church does not wave the flag of possessing the Truth”
• Video: Evening of Reflection with Cardinal Prevost and Mass (2024); News Report here
• Pope Leo XIV’s motto and coat of arms
• Pope Leo XIV prays at tomb of late Pope Francis at St. Mary Major
• Pope Leo XIV expresses continuity with his predecessors
• Pope Leo XIV and Opus Dei
• Pope Leo begins to heal relationship with Opus Dei damaged by Francis
• Opus Dei’s relief was short-lived: Pope Leo XIV demands major reform of its statutes and re-opens the human trafficking case in Argentina
• Video: Robert Prevost on why the Church must welcome all
• Pope Leo XIV embraces elements of Francis’ vision; some views still unclear
• The new Pope was my student: will he be good for the Jews?
• For his first Sunday ‘Mass’, Leo XIV uses the hideous ‘Bent Cross’ Scorzelli Staff (Ferula)
• The Magical “Convert-Making” Chair-of-Peter?
• Clothes Do Not Make Any Man a True and Legitimate Successor of Saint Peter: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
• Leo XIV: “During Mass, I strongly felt the spiritual presence of Pope Francis accompanying us from heaven”
• Pope Leo Wants Diversity in Unity. Peruvian LGBTQ+ Leaders Say He Has Good Experience.
• Leo XIV’s May 19, 2025 Address to Representatives of Other Religions an Ode to Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue
• Papal Inauguration: Pan-Religion in Motion
• Pope Leo XIV on Cardinals Bernardin and Cupich
• Leo XIV, Vatican II and interreligious dialogue
• Pope Leo’s 45-year friendship with Minnesota Lutheran couple began at a hospital
• Canonizing Confusion
• Sister Christians? Is Leo XIV a Night Ranger Fan or Did He Just Explode Catholic Ecclesiology?
• Podcast: Dangerous Excitement over ‘Pope’ Leo XIV (TRADCAST EXPRESS 209)
• Leo XIV and Social Doctrine: an uncertain path
• Pro-Abortion Canadian Prime Minister Carney Received Communion at Pope Leo XIV’s Inauguration
• Pope Leo XIV: Build bridges for ecological and social justice
• Card. Prevost: You can’t be pro-life without opposing capital punishment
• Leo XIV: ‘Absolute exclusion of the death penalty’
• Flashback: Robert Prevost endorsed Fiducia Supplicans, Amoris Laetitia, suggested Confessions by Telephone during COVID
• The Seamless Garment Is Still a Shroud: How Leo XIV Just Rewrapped the Bernardin Legacy and Called It Renewal
• Leo XIV and the Ongoing Sacrilege of the Novus Ordo
• Prevost’s pledge to continue Vatican II’s dialogue with the Jewish people confirmed
• Leo XIV affirms Francis’ climate vision, calls COP30 prep a ‘synodal work of discernment’
• Pope Leo XIV promotes nun to top Vatican position
• Pope appoints Sr. Tiziana Merletti as Secretary of Dicastery for Consecrated Life
• Rabbi ‘optimistic’ about relations with Catholic Church under Pope Leo
• Sermon for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees by then-Bishop Prevost (2020)
• Leo’s Feminized Vatican: Where Nuns Rule Priests
• Leo XIV and the Popes: Naturalism, religious liberty and ‘experience’
• Leo XIV confirms priest who supports ‘women’s ordination’ as new bishop of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• What does Prevost’s meteoric rise under Francis portend?
• Leo XIV doubles down on conviction that Francis is in Heaven
• Is Francis a Saint in Heaven or Not? Leo can’t decide!
• Leo XIV and the Popes: The origin of doctrine
• Leo’s problematic words to non-Catholics on May 19, 2025
• Leo XIV Commissioned Sodomite to Provide Vestments for First ‘Mass’
• Leo XIV and the Sexual Abuse Crisis: How Did Robert Prevost Deal With Misconduct Cases?
• Leo XIV and the Errors of Modernism
• Then-‘Bishop’ Robert Prevost: Develop All International Institutions for Agenda 2030
• Leo XIV: in the footsteps of Vatican II
• Leo’s “For You and For All”: The Resurrection of a Lie and the March to Universal Salvation
• Leo’s Ordination Homily: Vatican II in Vestments
• Woo Hoo! Leo rebukes Francis! No, wait…
• Leo XIV cites Francis’ Amoris Laetitia for the first time
• What Leo XIV’s ‘complete commitment’ to Vatican II REALLY means
• Will Pope Leo XIV Rewrite Francis’s Gaza Playbook? Inside the Vatican’s New Pro‑Israel Pivot
• Curia bishop: Don’t overestimate Pope Leo XIV’s choice of clothes
• Q&A with Sr. Dianne Bergant, Old Testament scholar who taught Robert Prevost
• Early signs about where Pope Leo will lead the church
• Christian unity cannot come from a ‘blueprint’, according to Pope Leo XIV
• Pope Leo: 3 Key Appointments & Two Huge Errors
• Sermon: ‘Leo XIV’, by Fr. Michael DeSaye
• Leo XIV Promotes Career of Blasphemer Bishop
• The conclave was easy, say Francis allies, who see Leo as natural successor
• Pope Leo XIV names first Chinese bishop, signalling he is continuing Vatican’s controversial accord
• Sant’Egidio founder: Francis wanted Leo XIV as his successor
• ‘Pope’ Leo and Ecumenism: Is what we have in common with Protestants stronger than what divides us?
• Leo XIV on the Multiplication of the Loaves: Christ’s Real Miracle Was the Lesson of Sharing!
• Sermon: Is Leo XIV a Traditional Pope? How can you tell? by Fr. Carlos Zepeda
• Lion of Peru: 9 anecdotes to learn more about the Pope
• Leo XIV: The first steps
• No Words for the Unborn: As England Decrimnalizes Abortion Until Birth, Leo XIV Remains Silent
• Leo XIV presents naturalistic world politics vision, affirms condemned errors
• ‘He’s one of us’: New short film chronicles Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago life before papacy
• Pope Leo XIV signs Pokémon card – fans delighted
• Instead of Recalling the Defective Product, Rome Hired a Better Salesman
• Leo XIV endorses Francis’ Ecumenism of Blood Heresy
• Leo XIV Debuts New ‘Mass for Care of Creation’ at Castel Gandolfo, Calls for Ecological Conversion
• Leo XIV to Eastern Orthodox: ‘Rome, Constantinople, and All Other Sees Not Called to Vie for Primacy’
• Leo XIV Denies Another Miracle, Says Christ Invited the Deaf-Mute to Choose to Speak Again!
• Leo XIV Spews Ecumenical Bilge in Message Commemorating 1925 Stockholm Ecumenical Conference
• Pope restructures Chinese dioceses to suit Communist Party
• Leo XIV Backs 1986 Assisi Prayer Meeting, Abu Dhabi Declaration in Message to Interreligious Conference
• Leo XIV on Whether He Will Change Church Teaching: ‘Not at the Moment’!
• Knowing When to Swallow: Leo XIV Omits Controversial Line in Common Recitation of ‘Ecumenical’ Creed
• ‘You Who in Diversity Are One’: How Leo XIV Addresses Jesus Christ in Video Promoting Interreligious Cooperation
• Leo XIV Presides over Neo-Pagan Water Ritual, Blesses Glacial Ice Brought from Greenland
• Gagging the Gospel: Leo XIV Offers Warmed-Over Greeting Card Spirituality to Interreligious Audience
• On Poverty and Inequality: Pope Leo XIII vs. ‘Pope’ Leo XIV

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