Inconvenient facts meet wishful thinking…One Year of ‘Pope’ Leo XIV:An Unpopular Reality CheckIt was May 8, 2025, when all eyes were on the smoke stack atop the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. Only approximately 24 hours had passed since the start of the conclave when white smoke began pouring out of the chimney, signaling to the world that a successor to ‘Pope’ Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) had been elected.And so it was. Within about an hour, the Augustinian Rev. Robert F. Prevost of Chicago, United States, presented himself on the balcony as the new ‘Pope’, as the head, that is, of the Vatican II Church.… READ MORE