The day of the election, I was at first very excited to have our first pontiff born in the United States, thinking this is a sign of the end of the animosity from Rome.

Yesterday, I was more apprehensive as I learned of some of His stances and pay record.

Today, I am hopeful. He delivered an actually decent homily! I am sorry to say the bar was set very low, but I more now that through Leo XIV we are able to heal the divide in our Church.

I am hopeful that he is young enough and being a native English speaker he will be able to dialogue with us in the English speaking world--especially in his home, the United States--to learn of our love and need for Tradition; that we might see that the "migrant" problem that we in the US and in Europe have is not an issue of a lack of charity toward distant neighbors but one of a right and responsibility to self-protection; that we would again become a missionary Church that converts the heretics and pagans to the one, true Faith, rather than repeat the free-Masonic mantras of equality of religions; and that we would cease the pandering to the media, trying to be nice and not offend the world, especially in regards to sexual issues.

These are my hopes and prayers.