What about Leo XIV? It’s too soon to tell. But I find myself pondering the pledge he made in his first papal Mass to associate himself with “ordinary people.” I hope that his words will spur people to articulate a Catholic response to the populist movements sweeping the globe today.
We live in a culture where everyone actually wants to be elite—even though more and more people are decrying elitism. In other words, no one wants to be ordinary or even to associate with those who are ordinary. This goes for YouTube influencers and high-school athletes no less than Wall Street moguls and Ivy League alumni.
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