Pope Leo XIV’s plan for the Church has been clear from the beginning: to seek to restore harmony within the Church. His episcopal motto, In Illo Uno Unum — In the One, we are one — says so. His actions, which have thus far sought to ease tensions rather than provoke division, also speak volumes.
After 16 months, however, we are still waiting on the Pope for decisions that need to be made. We are awaiting Leo’s first consistory. We await a round of appointments that will affect at least five top positions in the Roman Curia. We await Leo’s “corrections” to some of Pope Francis’ reforms.
But Leo XIV doesn’t seem to care about expectations.
We already know that people on every side of the various divides running through the Church will be disappointed.
The traditionalist world expected a sudden and clear reversal of the ostracism experienced during the Francis pontificate, and they have grown impatient for an action that will likely never come. The progressive world, in what is almost a photo-negative of the traditionalist world, has performed mental gymnastics to interpret everything Leo has done in continuity with his immediate predecessor, and their efforts will only be
