Pope Leo is the moderate choice, able to appeal to both sides, and that alone will bring unity. He will tidy up things, shore up others, and generally conduct himself as a Pope ought to do, as one nuncio put it:
“We can begin to count on a papacy capable of guaranteeing stability and relying on existing structures, without overturning or disrupting them.”
https://www.ncregister.com/news/cardinals-voting-patterns-emerge-as-leo-xiv-is-welcomed-as-a-pope-of-peace
He is only 'American' in the broader, hemispheric sense of the term. He has lived romanitas since he became a seminarian, and he has more pastoral connection to Peru than Chicago.
That sense as he emerged onto the loggia, radiating warmth and sincerity, and then as he proclaimed peace, confirm what many have observed, that he is a better representative of our nation than our elected leaders:
"They must have seen in Prevost, who is also highly esteemed in Rome, not the leading exponent of the world's leading power, but the best expression of a West that does not bask in the mirror but is capable of launching itself beyond its limits." https://cathcon.blogspot.com/2025/05/ebb-and-flow-of-conclave-italian.html
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