Pope Leo The Fourteenth. He may be American, but perhaps not the “friend” Trump’s administration was wanting. But neither the “Pope with Chinese Characteristics” on Xi’s wish-list. Did the Vatican confound the would-be manipulators?
Editors comment 9/5/25
Trump jested that he ought to be the next pope, but behind the jest, political machinations have been at play with both China and the US doing their utmost to get a pope elected who will align or sympathize with their nation and ideologies.
On first glance, it would appear America is the winner here. And the conspiratorially inclined would note that JD Vance sat at former Pope Francis’s bedside in his final hours. One would wonder what deals might have been done? What promises made? The Conclave came to their choice for Pope-Elect rather quickly to be sure. But dig deeper and the Trump administration has good reason to frown.
One might call the choice of Pope bittersweet for both superpowers. Xi might be perturbed that an American sits on the Papal throne, yet Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo, is known to center-Left progressive. And furthermore, he has fired plenty of criticism in Vance’s direction mere weeks ago.
“Vance had claimed that a teaching known as “ordo amoris” justified MAGA’s crackdowns on immigrants. “[Y]ou love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then after that you can focus and prioritize the rest of the world,” Vance said in late January.
But Pope Francis spoke out strongly against him, giving the Catholic convert a lesson on theology in a public letter—and his successor, Pope Leo XIV tweeted his approval.
Vance appeared to put that aside Thursday to tweet his own message of congratulations.” New Pope Leo XIV Bashed Trump and JD Vance on Twitter Just Weeks Ago
Personally, this author thinks it is a mistake for a politician to try and justify political decisions and initiatives using religious ideology and decree. I think the combining of State and religion is very dangerous. Ironically, this is exactly what led to the creation of the “Universal” (Catholic) Church in the first place.
It was the Roman emperor Constantine who sought to tighten control over his global empire by using the newly emergent Christian sect as a basis for One World Religion. And a clever tactic it was too. Continue to worship at your temples, and to devote yourselves to your usual deities. But now these deities become local saints, your temples churches devoted to these saints. The ultimate franchise.
In more recent times, the United Nations has held dreams of doing more or less the same thing with the Lucis trust and World Goodwill, tying in with the Kalergi Plan for a “New World Order”. This forming the basis for the alleged Project Blue Beam plot (Which seems to get more plausible by the day!).
And one can hardly avoid recent developments in the US, with Trump seeming to fulfill the notorious symbol and motto on the US Dollar Bill. America becoming the New Rome and Trump the Ceasar.
When one thinks about it, the Vatican and the Catholic Church may have the last laugh here. China has to deal with a pope who is too American despite being left-leaning, while the American Right have a pope who is too progressive and openly critical of current US political policy.
In the end, it would have been wiser for both superpowers to stop meddling in religious matters, and for the Vatican to stay out of the political arena. But what are the chances of that ever happening?
What this new pope will do or say next, and how much influence he will hold, will be interesting to see.
The choice of name is curious too: Leo, the Lion. In Revelation, the new Age is ushered in “When the lion lies down with the lamb”.
“The phrase “the lion shall lie down with the lamb”symbolizes a future state of peace, harmony, and reconciliation where even the most opposite and destructive forces (like the lion and lamb, representing the powerful and the vulnerable) coexist peacefully. This imagery is often associated with the Messianic Age or the Millennial Kingdom, a time of universal peace and righteousness.
2025. Also slated by some Hindu devotees as the end of Kali Yuga, the age of evil, and the dawn of Shiva Yuga, an age of peace and goodness.
So it comes back to the questions, are we witnessing the birth of the New World Order? Are we actually in the midst of the final battle between the forces of good and evil? And what part will the Vatican play in the formation of this dawning age?
Hope you have plenty of popcorn. It’s going to be a long movie.
Martin
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