💬 Opinion May 17, 2026 · S.A. McCarthy

Pope Leo XIV’s Fatherly Balancing Act

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From the age of Nero and Diocletian to the days of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin and even under the presidencies of Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the Catholic Church has faced persecution and hostility. Most often, these threats come from outside the Church. In recent years, however, the Church has also faced enemies from within: both the prideful schismatics who establish themselves as a higher authority than Rome and the pernicious progressives who seek to undermine, dilute, alter, and abolish

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